A series of computer programs to handle natural language retrieval and analysis in a manner analogous to that of a statistical package is discussed. The document presents an overview of several language analysis projects currently underway, and of several research approaches to problems in language analysis. The manner in which the Language…

The objectives of this research were to investigage (1) the feasibility of an index simulator, and (2) the use of a sequential analysis model for the automatic classification of documents. Index simulation was studied in general for various types of indexes, and in depth for the simulation of an inverted coordinate index to a document collection…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: As the number of software programs grows--and current estimates put the number at around 30,000--identifying a particular program can be a problem. R.R. Bowker Company, the administrator of the U.S. ISBN agency, has announced one solution to the identity problem--it will assign International…

What is the desirability and usefulness of different thesaurus displays used either singly or in groups? Is an alphabetical listing of terms with cross references more useful to an indexer than a complete hierarchical display? Is the permuted or the rotated term index more useful to the indexer or retriever? Is an alphabetical display along with a…

The Tennessee Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) has implemented a computerized information retrieval system known as "Query," which allows for the retrieval of documents indexed in Research in Education (RIE), Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), and Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials (AIM/ARM). The document…

A modular program is recommended for automation of the clippings file of "The Daily Texan" (student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin). The proposed system will lead ultimately to on-line storage of the index, on-line storage of local, staff-written news stories from the previous twenty-four months, micrographic storage for backup and…

Results obtained by processing a corpus of 2675 medical titles indicate that several properties definable in terms of inclusion relationships among terms have significance for vocabulary control. (Author)

Microfiche storage and computer-assistance to produce multilingual indexes at the United Nations Headquarters Library are described. (Author/NH)

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF FILE ORGANIZATIONS FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED. THE QUESTION OF INVERTED FILE AND SERIAL FILE SEARCHING ON MAGNETIC TAPE IS REVIEWED. BASED ON FORMULAS CONCERNING INDEX TERM USAGE, IT IS SHOWN FOR A SPECIFIC COLLECTION THAT SEARCHING THE SERIAL FILE IS MORE EFFICIENT THAN…

The computer-sorted word index to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), 3rd edition, 1965 (two volumes, two supplements) was developed in 1974 by the Research and Training Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin to facilitate use of DOT. The publication contains a 17page index section which refers the user from a…

THE FEASIBILITY OF EMPLOYING ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS AS RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL TOOLS IN THE AREA OF SCHOOL LAW WAS TESTED. TEXT MATERIAL WAS SELECTED, MARKED FOR TYPING BY AN ATTORNEY, AND TRANSFERRED TO MAGNETIC TAPE THROUGH THE INTERMEDIATE STEPS OF PUNCHED PAPER TAPE AND IBM PUNCH CARDS. A CONCORDANCE PROGRAM BROKE DOWN THE TEXT INTO ALPHABETIC…

A pilot study to develop a feasible multi-media index to regional material has just been completed. Its primary objective is to develop a tool for general user access to information in various formats by combining old and new methods and techniques of information retrieval. Simple computer programs manipulate the information on 106 sample items to…

Describes the use of a microcomputer system to generate a personal database of books read by adding titles, displaying title/author information, and editing title/author information and discusses the system design, i.e., file structure (author index, book index, book, author), the main driver, function subroutines, and screen subroutines. (EJS)

Describes an indexing technique based on overlapping word fragments as reference strings that are linked in a directed graph structure which makes possible exact match-, partial match-, and masked-partial match-retrieval and indicates search strategies for each case. Eight figures, two tables, and nine references are provided. (RBF)

TRIAL is an information processing system that will perform editing, indexing, and retrieval of textual and certain types of numeric information. The system allows for: (1) the creation and maintenance of a master file, (2) indexing on words designated as 'key' words or, alternatively, on every word in the text, excluding those common terms that…