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Tran, Ngoc-Yen; Chan, Emily K. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2018
With limited campus resources for faculty scholarship, the College of Science (CoS) at San José State University (SJSU) developed scholarly output metrics as a way to add a quantitative component to the distribution of funds, to ensure objectivity, and to reward proven researchers. To support CoS's efforts to identify and quantify science faculty…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Case Studies, Faculty Publishing, Scholarship
Wei, Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Information retrieval techniques have been applied to biomedical research for a variety of purposes, such as textual document retrieval and molecular data retrieval. As biomedical research evolves over time, information retrieval is also constantly facing new challenges, including the growing number of available data, the emerging new data types,…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Biomedicine, Medical Research, Journal Articles
Chan, Chitat; Holosko, Michael J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: Information and communications technology (ICT) has impacted almost all human service disciplines and currently is evolving in social work. This study provides a systematic review of ICT-enhanced social work interventions, with particular reference to their intervention fidelity (IF), validity, and the role of ICT in the helping…
Descriptors: Social Work, Information Technology, Intervention, Journal Articles
Dahlen, Sarah P. C.; Hanson, Kathlene – College & Research Libraries, 2017
Discovery layers provide a simplified interface for searching library resources. Libraries with limited finances make decisions about retaining indexing and abstracting databases when similar information is available in discovery layers. These decisions should be informed by student success at finding quality information as well as satisfaction…
Descriptors: Preferences, Bibliographies, Indexes, Database Management Systems
Hulseberg, Anna; Monson, Sarah – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
Libraries spend countless hours developing websites to connect users and resources. However, how much do we really know about what website terminology and features are meaningful to our patrons? And how can we best organize websites to facilitate access to resources? This article examines these questions by presenting a case study of a…
Descriptors: Classification, Internet, Web Sites, Computer System Design
Using Google Scholar to Search for Online Availability of a Cited Article in Engineering Disciplines
Baldwin, Virginia A. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009
Many published studies examine the effectiveness of Google Scholar (Scholar) as an index for scholarly articles. This paper analyzes the value of Scholar in finding and labeling online full text of articles using titles from the citations of engineering faculty publications. For the fields of engineering and the engineering colleges in the study,…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Search Engines, Search Strategies, Computer Software Evaluation
Hammond, Chelsea C.; Brown, Stephanie Willen – Computers in Libraries, 2008
The staff at University of Connecticut are participating in Elsevier's Student Ambassador Program (SAmP) in which graduate students train their peers on "citation searching" research using Scopus and Web of Science, two tremendous citation databases. They are in the fourth semester of these training programs, and they are wildly successful: They…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Peer Teaching, Citations (References), Databases
ADAMS, WILLIAM MANSFIELD – 1965
SOME MACHINE-PRODUCED INDEXES ARE COMPARED TO ASSIST IN DECIDING ON THE FORMAT FOR A PROPOSED INDEX. THE OBJECTIVES OF AN INDEX AND THE SEARCH PROCEDURE ARE ANALYZED, AND AN EXPLANATION AND A RELATIONSHIP IS GIVEN FOR KEY-WORDS-IN-TITLE AND KEY-REFERENCES OF THE SAME ARTICLE. BASED ON THE COMPARISON OF THE INDEXES, A 53- YEAR CUMULATIVE INDEX WAS…
Descriptors: Automation, Citation Indexes, Comparative Analysis, Computers

Yerkey, A. Neil – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1973
The retrieval effectiveness of Keywork-In-Context (KWIC) indexing is sought using a simple search simulation which constrains the user to approach a KWIC index with subject keywords and references dictated by a conventional index. A comparison of several KWIC index studies, using various methodologies, shows retrievability ratios of 35 percent -…
Descriptors: Indexes, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Keywords
Langridge, D.W.; And Others – 1967
This volume contains the first two lessons of a course in subject indexing based upon the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Thesaurus, Lesson 1 is an introduction to indexing, containing definitions and concepts related to the theory of indexing and information retrieval as well as an introduction to the ERIC Thesaurus. Lesson 2 is…
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, Documentation, Indexes, Indexing
Jenkins, Susan M. – 1972
The author discusses information retrieval systems with particular emphasis on the assignment of descriptor terms. She first explains the method of determining terms by deriving key words from a title or abstract, a procedure that can often be carried out by a computer. After discussing the problems of derived indexing, the author explains the…
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, Indexes, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Cummings, L. J.; Fox, D. A. – Information Storage and Retrieval, 1973
This paper compares two types of cycling strategies possible in citation index searching. This is done using a class of pseudo-randomly generated citation digraphs whose elements have bounded bibliography size. An attempt is made to explain the results obtained using a combinatorial formula of general application to digraphs. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Information Retrieval, Search Strategies
Dolan, Donna R. – Database, 1980
Explains the capabilities of Bibliographic Retrieval Services' CROSS database index, a "postings only" file which serves as a presearch aid to training and database selection, and as a tool for ready reference and interlibrary loan verification. Limitations of the aid are noted, and a specification table summarizes operating information.…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexes, Online Systems, Search Strategies

Lowe, Thomas C.; Roberts, David C. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1972
Several problems of finding keys in directories are considered. Methods of searching ordered and unordered directories are analyzed. Searching on ranges of key values in also considered. Finally, design tradeoffs among the classes of directory and searching strategies are developed. (4 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Indexes, Information Retrieval, Search Strategies
Antony, Arthur – Database, 1979
Describes the characteristics of System Development Corporation's (SDC) online index to its database, "Database Index," and presents the results of various test searches to demonstrate the limitations and benefits of the new online file. (JD)
Descriptors: Databases, Guides, Indexes, Online Systems