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Weller, Carolyn R., Ed.; Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Comprehensive rules, guidelines, and examples are provided for use by ERIC indexers and lexicographers in creating and using Identifiers, and in developing and maintaining the ERIC Identifier file via the "Identifier Authority List (IAL)." Identifiers and the IAL are defined/described: Identifiers are highly specific entities, including…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Comprehensive rules, guidelines, and examples are provided for use by ERIC indexers and lexicographers in developing and maintaining the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors." Evaluation and decision criteria, research procedures, and inputting details for adding new Descriptors are documented. Instructions for modifying existing Thesaurus…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1981
Comprehensive rules, guidelines, and examples are provided for use by ERIC indexers and lexicographers in developing and maintaining the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors." Instructions are included for adding new Descriptors and modifying existing terminology; procedures for justifying these actions are provided, as well. Definitions and…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Rules and guidelines are provided for subject indexing in the ERIC system. The principle of "subject access" is discussed with particular reference to "coordinate indexing," which involves designating subject content by unit terms (or tags) that may be put together or "coordinated" for subsequent retrieval. The nature…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Coordinate Indexes, Databases, Indexing
Barnett, Lynn, Ed.; Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Subject indexing in ERIC is performed by subject specialists across 16 geographically dispersed ERIC Clearinghouses, each responsible for a different niche or aspect of educational information. This phenomenon, combined with the broadness of the education field and variability of terminology therein, has led to the development at the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Clearinghouses, Databases, Decentralization
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed.; Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1980
Rules and guidelines are provided for subject indexing in the ERIC system. The principle of "subject access" is discussed with particular reference to "coordinate indexing," which involves designating subject content by unit terms (or tags) that may be put together or "coordinated" for subsequent retrieval. The nature…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Coordinate Indexes, Databases, Indexing