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And Others; Kirtland, Monika – Database, 1980
Discusses three approaches to thesaurus and indexing/retrieval language maintenance for combined databases: reindexing, merging, and initial standardization. Two thesauri for a combined database are evaluated in terms of their compatibility, and indexing practices are compared. Tables and figures help illustrate aspects of the comparison. (SW)
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Subject Index Terms
Freedman, Barbara – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1972
The major topics included in this paper are: thesaurus structure, later developments, functions of thesauri, keyword list generation, compatibility, and maintenance and updating. (NH)
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, Indexing, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Walls, Nina – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1972
This brief overview of some vocabulary control schemes in non-scientific fields is intended to suggest that the complexity of the design problem increases with the newness of the field involved. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Classification, Coordinate Indexes, Indexing, Information Processing
Rogers, Virginia G. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1972
Construction planning, vocabulary base development, and term analysis and grouping are the main subjects treated in this paper. (NH)
Descriptors: Classification, Construction (Process), Coordinate Indexes, Definitions
Davis, Marion – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1972
Computerization seems to offer some solutions to the inadequacies of the card catalog. However, vocabulary obstacles must be overcome before the history, art history, and art students alike can enter libraries all over the world and quickly satisfy their various needs. (10 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Art, Automatic Indexing, Computer Oriented Programs, Coordinate Indexes
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Development Communication. – 1981
This controlled vocabulary comprising approximately 1,030 terms commonly used in the field of international development communication was created by the Clearinghouse on Development Communication of the Academy for Educational Development to analyze and index documents. This standard list of terms, designed to provide subject access to information…
Descriptors: Classification, Communications, Coordinate Indexes, Developed Nations
Hines, Theodore C.; And Others – 1978
The project presented here explored the possibility of using computer-based systems to increase information access to non-text children's materials at the pre-school through elementary (6th grade) school levels. This final report includes an indicative summary as well as ten separate papers that describe a range of applications of proven computer…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Indexing, Information Retrieval
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers