Presented in this thesaurus are keywords and cross references for the indexing and retrieval of outdoor recreation literature. It was compiled to facilitate the development of a common language for outdoor recreation planning, programming, research, and resource management. Terms selected are pertinent to both the natural and physical resources,…

A study of the importance to the user of various characteristics in the printed subject indexes to abstract journals and published literature and the user's preference for the different formats available. (Author)

Keypunching errors, disarranged entries, and useless keywords are some of the major shortcomings of the Dissertation Abstracts International Retrospective Index." (1 reference) (MM)

University Microfilms' criterion for a good index is whether one is quickly referred by the keywords to those subjects in which he has an interest, not whether there are superfluous noise" words. (Author/MM)

Recommends the use of a single list of subject headings for all the Wilson periodical indexes. (PF)

Designed to provide improved subject access over other existing subject heading lists for literature related to the Chicano experience, the Thesaurus is an initial attempt to remedy the absence of a baseline vocabulary for use in indexing and retrieving relevant materials from various information systems. Most of the approximately 700 entries are…

Subject Headings for Engineering (SHE) is an alphabetical list of terms currently in use by Engineering Index, Inc. (EI) technical specialists as a controlled vocabulary for indexing transdisciplinary literature of engineering and related sciences. SHE is the basic tool for indexing using the nomenclature derived from the literature of the many…

This index, published by the Theatre/Drama and Speech Information Center, covers over 60 journals from fifteen countries. Devoted mostly to drama and dramatic presentations on the stage (including technical aspects related to performance), the index is designed as a guide for scholarly theatre research, for individual awareness, for play…

This paper analyzes: (1) the bibliographic access to publications in urban studies via printed secondary sources; (2) development and scope of classification systems and of vocabulary control for urban studies; and (3) currently accessible automated collections of bibliographic citations. Urban studies is defined as "an agglomeration of…

Based on the need for indexing documents and interest profiles within a selective dissemination of information (SDI) system, the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, has compiled this thesaurus of terms related to water resources. Development terms describing design and construction activities, as well as biological and physical…

This cumulative index merges information on 8,372 reference books and CD-ROMs that appeared in ARBA (American Reference Books Annual) from 1995-99. The first section is an author/title index. Entries contain the author's name or title of the reference work with ARBA year and entry number. The second section is a subject index that uses terms based…

Review for workers in information science of the development of Permuterm Subject Index (PSI) of the Science Citation Index (SCI). (KP)

This book is a comprehensive guide to children's picture books, and provides the necessary help to make the task easier for teachers, librarians, and parents. It includes more than 18,000 titles cataloged under more than 1,000 subjects. The book can be used to obtain information about children's picture books in two ways: to learn the titles,…