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Pao, Miranda Lee – Special Libraries, 1982
Describes the use of FAMULUS, a database management system, to teach library science students at Case Western Reserve University indexing, computerized file construction, and online information retrieval. The special features of FAMULUS and their use in course instruction are outlined and evaluated. A 19-item reference list is attached. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Programs, Higher Education, Indexing
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Chu, Clara M.; Ajiferuke, Isola – Online Review, 1989
Presents a method for measuring the quality of controlled vocabularies that involves identifying clusters of documents, searching for each document, identifying terms used to index each document, and calculating certain measures to determine indexing quality. The results of a comparison of three library and information science databases using this…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Indexing
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Vickery, B. C. – Journal of Documentation, 1986
Reviews different structures and techniques of knowledge representation: structure of database records and files, data structures in computer programming, syntatic and semantic structure of natural language, knowledge representation in artificial intelligence, and models of human memory. A prototype expert system that makes use of some of these…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Documentation, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Lancaster, F. W. – 1972
This book deals with properties of vocabularies for indexing and searching document collections; the construction, organization, display, and maintenance of these vocabularies; and the vocabulary as a factor affecting the performance of retrieval systems. Most of the text is concerned with vocabularies for post-coordinate retrieval systems, with…
Descriptors: Classification, Codification, Computers, Indexes
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Bordogna, G; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Presents an analytical approach to the interpretation of weighted Boolean queries. By distinguishing query term weights from query weights, a query becomes a means of describing classes of ideal documents and expressing relativity criteria among these descriptions. A formalization of query term weights is given in a fuzzy set theoretical context.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Shaw, Debora; Fouchereaux, Karen – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Identifies areas of research needs in information science that were compiled from a review of the "Annual Review of Information Science and Technology." Areas highlighted include automated systems, including criteria, standards, evaluation, and legal issues; economics; indexing; information retrieval; and information seeking, including…
Descriptors: Criteria, Economic Factors, Evaluation Needs, Indexing
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on cataloging and classification which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Online Cataloging at the Bibliotheque Nationale (Francoise Finelli and Serge Salomon, France); (2) "Development of National Press Repertoire in the Condition of Multinational State: Its…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Classification, Databases
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Presents abstracts of 34 special interest group (SIG) sessions. Highlights include humanities scholars and electronic texts; information retrieval and indexing systems design; automated indexing; domain analysis; query expansion in document retrieval systems; thesauri; business intelligence; Americans with Disabilities Act; management;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administration, Automatic Indexing, Computer System Design
Dietschmann, Hans, Ed. – 1983
This 22-paper collection addresses a variety of issues related to representation and transfer of knowledge. Individual papers include an explanation of the usefulness of general scientific models versus case-specific approaches and a discussion of different empirical approaches to the general problem of knowledge representation for information…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Automatic Indexing, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Presents abstracts of 36 special interest group (SIG) sessions. Highlights include the Chemistry Online Retrieval Experiment; organizing and retrieving images; intelligent information retrieval using natural language processing; interdisciplinarity; libraries as publishers; indexing hypermedia; cognitive aspects of classification; computer-aided…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Conferences
Spigai, Frances G., Ed.; And Others – 1975
Sixteen papers are presented which focus on microforms and data processing in library and information centers. Articles include discussions of cost analysis, decision making and program planning, library automation, information retrieval, indexing, cataloging, and computer services for libraries. (CH)
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers