A new technique, known as discrimination value analysis, ranks the text words in accordance with how well they are able to discriminate the documents of a collection from each other. (Author/PF)

A disk sector utility program (called TRAX) was designed and developed since a computer aid capable of inspecting and modifying the byte data on a disk platter, independent of any other program or system, was not commercially available. This report: (1) provides an overview of the TRAX system; (2) briefly describes the major system options; and…

Based on a study conducted in Michigan, this article summarizes many of the problems involved in data collection and coordination. A number of specific recommendations are presented to alleviate these problems. (Editor)

This article suggests some guidelines for the administration of the archives as a depository for the inactive official records of a college or university. Records scheduling and transmittal are discussed, as are suggestions for educating the users of such archives. (Author)

Rules and guidelines are provided for the preparation of abstracts and annotations for documents and journal articles entering the ERIC database. Various types of abstracts are defined, including the Informative, Indicative, and mixed Informative-Indicative. Advice is given on how to select the abstract type appropriate for the particular…

The cataloging of films acquired by the Child Development Film Archives disclosed approximately 3500 separate units, or 804,232 feet of footage. An inventory sheet has been completed for each film which provides a record of the content of each cinema, and collectively, constitute a table of contents to the total collection. Variables specified on…

A syntax methodology provides a descriptive mechanism to enable machine readable storage and retrieval of numeric data contained in bibliographic documents. The body of this paper treats the nature of "the syntax,""the data element," and the language by which this syntax is expressed. A discussion of the methodology illustrates…

THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE CONSTRUCTION AND STORAGE EXPLANATIONS OF THE FACILITATING EFFECT UPON RECALL OF ASSOCIATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORDS EMBEDDED IN CONNECTED DISCOURSE. ONE GROUP OF 36 UNDERGRADUATE SUBJECTS WAS EXPOSED TO A PASSAGE THAT CONTAINED ASSOCIATIVELY RELATED WORD PAIRS, WHILE TWO OTHER GROUPS WERE GIVEN PASSAGES…

XS-O is a low-cost interactive system that serves as a self-explanatory school computer. The machine dialog is easy to follow for the inexperienced user. The system includes a course on computer programming, a programming system for writing, editing, executing, and debugging programs interactively, and a filing system containing private and public…

This manual is designed to provide an introduction and basic guide to the use of IBM's Advanced Text Management System (ATMS), the text processing system to be used for the creation of Australian data bases within AUSINET. Instructions are provided for using the system to enter, store, retrieve, and modify data, which may then be displayed at the…

This study of musicology develops computer programs, data, and procedures for using the computer in the field of thematic indexing. The thematic index is a means of identifying anonymous works, arranging and cataloging the works of a particular composer or genre, and collating the varied manuscript and printed sources of a particular form or…

This report presents the identification and definitions of subject oriented engineering and scientific disciplines and fields which are included in the EDIS Subject Categories. The discussion is extended to include the mix of subjects with other orientations, such as Item, Mission-Project, Expertise and Data Bank Categories. Sample queries are…

The file design of the search system part of an interactive search and editing system, 3RIP, is described. A scatter-stored and compact inverted file is used to search a primary file of up to 4 million records containing on the order of 10-E9 characters of text and numeric data. Searchable attributes are keywords, words or phrases in text, names,…

A modular program is recommended for automation of the clippings file of "The Daily Texan" (student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin). The proposed system will lead ultimately to on-line storage of the index, on-line storage of local, staff-written news stories from the previous twenty-four months, micrographic storage for backup and…

A management information system (MIS) is applied to a medium sized general museum to reflect the actual curatorial/registration functions. The recordkeeping functions of loan and conservation activities are examined since they too can be effectively handled by computer and constitute a complementary data base to the accession/catalog information.…