If you have a 35mm camera, an enlarger or filmstrip projector, and developing equipment you can introduce your drafting students to one of the processes used in the newly emerging field of technical communication.'' (Editor)

Reports on NICEM's progress in creating "a single, computerized, comprehensive media index. (Editor/LS)

Chemical structure diagrams are considered as utterances in a written language. Two types of grammars are considered for this language: topological grammars and geometric grammars. The hypothesis is presented that compact computer storage may become accessible via grammars. (15 references) (Author/NH)

An example approach to the analysis of data from the chemistry, biology, and inventory files of the antimalaria drug development program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is presented. A general approach to the analysis of data from large files based on the organization of those files is discussed. (2 references) (Author/NH)

A collection of computer programs to do chemical information retrieval are described in terms of the interactions between the computer and the chemist. In interacting with the computer, the chemist can graphically specify two-dimensional structures as queries and view structures as search results. (18 references) (Author/NH)

On-line reference retrieval is seen as replacing tape driven systems within a few years. Design criteria are discussed including minimizing the number of disc accesses, use of hash coding for searching a thesaurus and searching with precise terms first and common terms last. (6 references) (Author/SJ)

The technique described enables an on line computer based information retrieval system to aid indexers by selecting possible indexing terms to be assigned to a new document entering the system. The economic aspect of implementing the technique in a working information retrieval system is considered. (16 references) (Author/MM)

Describes the operation and services of the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE), an information storage-retrieval system, which will supply an individual inquirer with a summary of research projects in a specific area. Included in the system are life, physical, agricultural, behavioral, social, and engineering sciences. In the current…

The system is also applicable to teaching the use of other specialized searching tools. (4 references) (Author)

A proposal for raising the reference quotient in large research libraries through instant classification is presented. (Author)

The last in a series of five papers, the author concludes that only three characteristics of indexing seem to be capable of being compared quantitatively. These are breadth of vocabulary, depth of indexing, and the use of see and see also references. (AB)

Librarians must become skilled in the language and techniques of computer systems and data management in order to administer large machine readable files of information. An annotated bibliography for a self-education program is appended. (Author/AB)

Results of study confirm that uninformative titles of chemical papers are being eliminated and that informative titles are becoming more informative since the advent of the key-word-in-contex (KWIC) permuted-title index. (Author/MF)