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Jones, Susan; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Discusses the feasibility of building intelligent rule- or weight-based algorithms into general-purpose software for interactive thesaurus navigation. Previous research is surveyed; practical investigations in thesaurus navigation and query enhancement are described; and implications for automatic or intelligent thesaurus navigation are…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Software, Indexing, Information Retrieval
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Burge, Cecil D. – Electronic Library, 1989
Describes the software architecture and application of SABRE (Semi-Automated Bibliographic Environment), which is one of the first products to provide a semi-automatic environment for relevancy ranking of citations obtained from searches of bibliographic databases. Features designed to meet the review, categorization, culling, and reporting needs…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Automation, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records
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Mitchell, Joan S. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
This article discusses a preliminary set of objectives for subject access to microcomputer software identified by a subcommittee of the American Library Association's Subject Analysis Committee. Problems of subject access to microcomputer software and work of the subcommittee to date are reported. Fifteen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Committees, Computer Software, Guidelines
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Schwarz, Christoph – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1990
Discusses problems encountered with the syntactic analysis of free text documents in indexing. Postcoordination and precoordination of terms is discussed, an automatic indexing system call COPSY (context operator syntax) that uses natural language processing techniques is described, and future developments are explained. (60 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Software, Documentation, Futures (of Society)
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Girill, T. R. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
This article continues the description of DFT (Document, Find, Theseus), an online documentation system that provides computer-managed on-demand printing of software manuals as well as the interactive retrieval of reference passages. Document boundaries in the hypertext database are discussed, search vocabulary complexities are described, and text…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval
Mozer, Michael C. – 1984
This paper reports on an application of parallel models to the area of information retrieval and argues that massively parallel, distributed models of computation, called connectionist, or parallel distributed processing (PDP) models, offer a new approach to the representation and manipulation of knowledge. Although this document focuses on…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Computer Software, Databases, Induction
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Kanters, Ben – Electronic Library, 1983
Report on use of the microcomputer for information storage and retrieval (ISR) notes hardware (floppy disks, keyboard, screen, printer); functions of ISR software; standardization of the operating system; database creation; data entry; indexing; search process; choice of ISR software package; software market and user; training and instruction; and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
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Milstead, Jessica L. – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Presents specifications for software that is designed to support manual development and maintenance of information retrieval thesauri. Evaluation of existing software and design of custom software is discussed, requirements for integration with larger systems and for the user interface are described, and relationships among terms are discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Criteria
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Girill, T. R.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Describes enhancements made to a hypertext information retrieval system at the National Energy Research Supercomputer Center (NERSC) called DFT (Document, Find, and Theseus). The enrichment of DFT's entry vocabulary is described, DFT and other hypertext systems are compared, and problems that occur due to the need for frequent updates are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Hypermedia
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Swanson, Don R.; Smallheiser, Neil R. – Library Trends, 1999
Addresses the problem of how to find interesting but previously unknown implicit information within the scientific literature. The use of software, called Arrowsmith, that can create suggestive juxtapositions of Medline records to help biomedical researchers detect new and useful relationships, is described. Contains 34 references. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Biomedicine, Computer Software, Content Analysis
McKenna, Michael C. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1987
Describes Fiction Finder, a microcomputer program which retrieves children's fiction by subject, reading level, interest level, sex of protagonist, length, and a brief annotation. Programming issues described include editing of entries, adding new titles, arranging output alphabetically by author, individualizing the system, simultaneous operation…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiction
Mueller-Alexander, Jeanette M.; Seaton, Helen J. – Database, 1994
Describes search strategies and vocabulary selection for researching information on Native Americans using DIALOG databases as examples. Highlights include tribal names search strategy; examples of false drops; revised search strategies for full-text databases; Internet sources, including various software systems; and CD-ROM products about Native…
Descriptors: American Indians, Computer Software, Databases, Online Searching
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Yee, Martha M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Discusses features of online public access catalogs: (1) demonstration of relationships between records; (2) provision of entry vocabularies; (3) arrangement of multiple entries on the screen; (4) provision of access points; (5) display of single records; and (6) division of catalogs into separate files or indexes. User studies and other research…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Indexing
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Silbergeld, I.; Kutok, P. – Online Review, 1984
Describes use of the software ADABAS (general purpose database management system) and NATURAL (interactive programing language) in development and implementation of an information retrieval system for the National Television and Radio Network of Israel. General design considerations, files contained in each archive, search strategies, and keywords…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Software, Databases, Foreign Countries
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Dutta, S.; Sinha, P. K. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Describes adoption at Sorghum and Millets Information Center (India) of Pragmatic Approach to Subject Index (PASI), computer-manipulative indexing procedure in which key words are arranged in meaningful sequence. Indexing problems, search for suitable system, PASI indexing steps, and computerization are discussed. Thirteen references and…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Automation, Computer Software, Developing Nations
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