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Peer reviewedRamesh, R.; Drury, Colin G. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Provides overview of Ergonomics Abstracts Retrieval System (EARS), an online bibliographic search and retrieval system in the area of human factors engineering. Other online systems are described, the design of EARS based on inverted file organization is explained, and system expansions including a thesaurus are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Human Factors Engineering, Indexing, Online Searching, Online Systems
Peer reviewedShi, Yunhua; Larson, Ray – Information Technology and Libraries, 1990
Discusses the distinctive differences between the English and Chinese languages from the system designer's point of view and explores the potential problems for Chinese information retrieval systems, focusing on character entry and retrieval. The advantages and disadvantages of current approaches are discussed, and a regular expression search…
Descriptors: Chinese, Ideography, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Bond, David K. – 1983
A new search feature has been developed and implemented to enhance online information retrieval from the ABI/INFORM database, which includes abstracts from more than 500 journals covering all aspects of business and management. Published by Data Courier Inc., it includes material dating back to 1971. Because of the diverse nature of the database…
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Classification, Databases
Peer reviewedKwasny, S.; Niehoff, R. T. – Online Review, 1979
Discusses forces at work within today's on-line data base environment which could lead to the emergence of a distributed information network; identifies several important modules in such a network, including an automated subject switching module; and reports research investigations, critical issues, and preliminary findings with regard to…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Science, Databases, Dictionaries
Peer reviewedMeadow, Charles T.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1989
Reports on design and rationale of Online Access to Knowledge, a computer intermediary developed by Online Access to Knowledge Project to enable users with little or no training or experience in bibliographic searching to conduct their own searches. Topics covered include software design, tutorials and assistance programs, and conclusions based on…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Decision Making, Formative Evaluation
Download full textAveney, Brian, Ed. – 1984
Developed from presentations given at a 3-day invitational meeting of 31 leading online catalog designers from both public and private sectors in North America, these papers provide information about online catalogs--their present form, their use, and the questions that need to be considered in their future refinement. All of the papers in this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Science, Guidelines
