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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, Port-of-Spain (Trinadad). Caribbean Documentation Centre. – 1983
This manual outlines the prescribed format and content of an institutional author record card, which forms the basis of the CARISPLAN (Caribbean Information System for Economic and Social Planning) Institutional Author Authority File used in conjunction with the databases of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA).…
Descriptors: Authors, Cataloging, Databases, Guidelines
Ho, Soo Miang – 1986
This presentation at a seminar for library staff and students describes the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system as an information system designed to provide users with ready access to primarily English-language literature dealing with education by establishing a database, publishing abstracting journals, and reproducing…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexes, Information Systems, Online Searching

Sofranko, Andrew J. – Journal of Extension, 1974
This study shows that there are certain issues involved in establishing a data bank that will be useful to Extension staff as they carry out their educational responsibility. (Author)
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Extension Agents, Extension Education

Field, B. J. – Journal of Documentation, 1974
The development of the INSPEC vocabulary system which comprises a unified indexing and classification scheme is described together with the reasons for its adoption. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Documentation, Indexing

Wall, Eugene – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1975
Describes the utility and applications of information retrieval thesauri and the development of the thesaurus for the DISCLOSURE data base. (PF)
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Development, Information Retrieval
Royal Inst. of Tech., Stockholm (Sweden). Library. – 1981
This descriptive guide provides introductory information geared to aid both the user and the information manager in the use of 3RIP, an online text database system consisting of three components: (1) a retrieval system used to locate and display records, (2) a file handler used to read records from files and to write records onto files, and (3) a…
Descriptors: Databases, Editing, Information Retrieval, Information Systems

Harrison, Isom, Jr. – 1979
This paper describes the content, organization, specifications, and methods of use of the CAS77 and CAS7276 online files of worldwide chemical literature, databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Service and available from System Development Corporation (SDC). The scope of the databases, their unit record, their data elements, their modes of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Lindqvist, Mats – 1976
Computer based information search services, ISS's, of the type that provide on-line literature searches are analyzed from a system's viewpoint using a continuous simulation model. The analysis shows that the observed growth and stagnation of a typical ISS can be explained as a natural consequence of market responses to the service together with a…
Descriptors: Databases, Decision Making, Information Systems, Models
Auster, Ethel; Lawton, Stephen B. – 1974
The disadvantages for Canadians using the ERIC system are (1) fledgling Canadian computer information systems are deprived of their financial support; (2) Canadian research included in ERIC can not necessarily be retrieved by country of origin; (3) of the 200 journals indexed in Canadian Education Index (CEI), only 26 are to found among the 600 in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Databases, Educational Research, Information Processing
Fedrick, Robert John – 1969
Criteria to use in evaluating data processing efficiency, factors of file and record definitions, convenience of use for non-programmers, report generating capabilities, and customer support for generalized file management systems for use by the California junior colleges are indicated by the author. The purchase of such a system at the state…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Systems, Management Systems
Voigt, Melvin J. – Library Journal, 1976
Describes plans for a European information network that will link the nations of Europe together in providing easy access to data bases from all parts of the world and in all fields of science and technology. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Information Networks, Information Systems

Miller, Elizabeth K.; Wild, Kate – Special Libraries, 1978
Describes the experience accumulated by the United Nations and its agencies during the last decade in the international information system field. Bibliographic, statistical, and resource systems are described, and common features are identified; in addition, a model for strengthening national information capabilities and for sharing information is…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Systems, International Organizations

Lorent, Jean-Pierre; Schirner, Hedi – Online Review, 1978
Sixteen queries, performed on the two systems, resulted in 247 unique relevant references from EMCS and 559 from TOXLINE. The overlap varied considerably, from 6 to 50 percent. It is remarkable that TOXLINE, with nine subfiles specially compiled for toxicology, can be supplemented by EMCS, which in the present study delivered 31 percent of all the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Systems, Relevance (Information Retrieval)

Kerre, Etienne E.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1986
Briefly surveys the numerous applications of fuzzy set theory on data representation and information retrieval. The importance of fuzzy set theory with respect to information systems is illustrated with a bibliography of 86 papers that describe data systems that are somehow "fuzzy." (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Data, Databases, Information Retrieval

James, Paul; And Others – Computers in Human Services, 1985
Describes statistical techniques for analyzing data collected by management information systems. The techniques permit comparison of the performance of service providers and are applicable to databases developed for all service systems where human beings are being provided total care. The approach involves the application of both traditional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counselor Performance, Databases, Management Information Systems