This final report of a feasibility study describes the research performed in assessing the requirements for a chemical signature file and search scheme for organic compound identification and information retrieval. The research performed to determined feasibility of identifying an unknown compound involved screening the compound against a file of…

The present guidelines, preliminary in character, are an attempt to facilitate the development and application of a standardized method of multilingual thesaurus construction and to reduce the number of arbitrary variations in thesaurus techniques. In the preparation of these guidelines the approach has been theoretical rather than practical.…

Emerging technologies and networking are currently forcing major system changes. The strong trend toward networking and resource sharing among libraries is making the need for standardization more apparent than ever. (Author)

The study reported here was made for the purpose of evaluating external, computerized, literature-retrieval systems to determine their usefulness in a library without a computer facility. (Author)

Presents a word-based technique for storing natural language text in compact form. The compressed text consists of a dictionary and a text that is a combination of actual running text and pointers to the dictionary. This technique has shown itself to be effective for both text storage and retrieval. (VT)

Considers the question of the utility of a book indexing computer program for those without computer background or experience. APL time-sharing systems seem well adapted to support a simple, "portable," and relatively inexpensive system to operate for this purpose. (Author)

A humorous account is given of a typical day at the San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC), which provides information services to educators in 23 California Counties and parts of seven other states. (JPF)

Compares and expands upon two approaches to dealing with fuzzy relational databases. The proposed similarity measure is based on a fuzzy Hausdorff distance and estimates the mismatch between two possibility distributions using a reduction process. The consequences of the reduction process on query evaluation are studied. (Author/EM)

"Xeno-copy Plus" is a software package which allows the transfer of files in two directions between incompatible systems. Features of the package, types of files commonly transferred, and operation of the package are discussed. Other methods for transferring files are also noted. (JN)

The Document Delivery Service offered by Chemical Abstracts is described in terms of the DIALORDER option on the Dialog information retrieval system, mail requests, and requests transmitted through OCLC's Interlibrary Loan system. Transmission costs, success rates, delivery rates, and other considerations in utilizing the service are included.…

Review of 17 databases available through BRS (Bibliographic Retrieval Services) and/or DIALOG provides addresses of database producers, beginning date of files, and descriptions, including information which may not be given in database documentation. Two new services provided by BRS and DIALOG and three vendors with wider audiences are also…

General information and specific tips for finding resources in the ERIC database highlight advantages and disadvantages of manual searches (who can perform search, location of ERIC collections, procedures for conducting search) and computer searches (results, cost, turnaround time). Procedures for obtaining access to actual copies of ERIC…

Vector representations of information items and requests used as a basis for a discussion of knowledge and information spaces. (Author)

The application of the theory of fuzzy sets to the description of information retrieval systems makes it possible (1) to take into account the fact that the degree of importance of the particular terms is of a continuous character, (2) to formalize the relations between terms describing documents and information requests (fuzzy thesaurus).…

Presents a simple and inexpensive system to organize a collection of negatives and slides using punched computer cards. (JY)