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Shaffer, Clifford A. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1992
Surveys the field and literature of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial data representation as it relates to GIS. Highlights include GIS terms, data types, and operations; vector representations and raster, or grid, representations; spatial indexing; elevation data representations; large spatial databases; and problem areas and future…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Databases, Futures (of Society)
Lavender, G. B.; Findlay, Margaret A. – 1984
This core thesaurus of terms suitable for indexing Australian educational literature was developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research by means of a systematic and thorough revision of the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors." Based on the actual terminology of education in Australia, this thesaurus includes: key words and…
Descriptors: Education, Foreign Countries, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Reilly, Kevin D. – 1967
The nature of typical mechanized data bases with which university information centers and libraries will be working is examined to provide background information for data base retrieval efforts. Format and content of the data must be taken into consideration before meaningful retrieval can be achieved. Hence both of these aspects are treated in…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Automation, Cataloging, Census Figures

Rasmussen, Edie M. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1997
Focuses on access to digital image collections by means of manual and automatic indexing. Contains six sections: (1) Studies of Image Systems and their Use; (2) Approaches to Indexing Images; (3) Image Attributes; (4) Concept-Based Indexing; (5) Content-Based Indexing; and (6) Browsing in Image Retrieval. Contains 105 references. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Indexes, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Montgomery, Edward B., Ed. – 1968
In 1965 the Syracuse University School of Library Science held a symposium to explore the nature of the relationship between the structure and transmission of knowledge, on the one hand, and the array of bibliographic devices which have been developed to facilitate access to that knowledge, on the other. Papers presented discussed the need for a…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Indexes
Rardin, Kevin – 1978
A descriptive model of the Fire Education Resources Information System (FERIS) is examined in this document. Information regarding educational materials relating to fire prevention, protection, and suppression is discussed. A description of the model is presented in two sections. Section 1, Problem Definition, surveys the background and needs for…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Fire Protection