Discussed the Pilot State Dissemination Program, undertaken as a try-out of an educational extension and retrieval system on a sufficiently large scale to derive guidelines for future projects at the state level. (Author/RK)

A look at the University of Wisconsin's system of cataloging documents which comprise a personal library, in such a way that they may be located efficiently by subject descriptors or author. (Author)

The FID Central Classification Committee is responsible for UDC and its revision. The Standard Reference Code (SRC) has been developed to meet the FID need for a new superstructure of UDC and the UNISIST need for a Broad System of Ordering. UDC and SRC will have a strong influence on each other. (Author/JB)

A one-time data entry system, coupled with an efficient use of the computer, which provides inventory management, distribution, and audit reporting, the ability to answer special queries, and to produce customized reports is described. (3 references) (Author)

A statistical model for characterizing the growth patterns of data base utilization and for estimating future utilization levels of demand has been developed for information retrieval organizations. Illustrations of the model applied to a typical information retrieval organization are given and discussed. (5 references) (Author)

The use of an on-line information retrieval system by the scientists themselves is described. MEDUSA was designed to allow physicians to interrogate the MEDLARS data base. A Brief description is given of the system and details of an experiment to test its effectiveness. (8 references) (Author)

The extent to which all three or any two of the services under study select the same journal article for coverage, as determined by examining each service's selection records for those journals found to overlap, is analyzed. (2 references) (Author/KE)

Two statistical models for estimating search time have been developed for the CA Condensates data base using the University of Georgia Text Search System. Comparative timings between the Chemical Abstracts Service search program and the University of Georgia search program are made for the Ca Condensates data base. (5 references) (Author/NH)

The field of computer applications is becoming extensive, and the researcher can take advantage of the literary use of computers. Article lists the wide variety of tasks the computer tackles concerning literature and linguistics. (RK)

Broad coverage is essential to the effectiveness of information services. This paper criticizes the misleading claims made regarding computer-based systems in this context. It describes the Scientific Documentation Centre's services, the basis on which its resources are allocated, and the criteria for selection of operating techniques and…

A straightforward procedure for performing weighted-term searches can be programmed quickly and easily, and the same general algorithm can be used for either on-line or batch mode searching. The method can be used to do whole text searches as well as conventional searches for index terms or other descriptors. (5 references) (Author/NH)

Mechanization has been introduced in the preparation of UDC and alphabetical indexes using a KWIC Program to access directly documentation files. A special feature of the system is that the KWIC serial number equals the program sorting number equals the encoded UDC form equals the storage or shelving number. (9 references) (Author/NH)

This experiment was an attempt to extend recent findings by examining how contextual changes might produce variations in the correct recognition of verbal units' previously presented in a compound display. (Authors/CB)

This study is consistent with a model of semantic memory that assumes that the memory store is organized primarily into noun categories, and that the process of retrieving information from this store consists of entering the appropriate category as a first step. (Authors)