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Rogers, A. Robert – 1974
The main sections of the text treat philosophy, religion, visual arts, performing arts, and language and literature, using the following pattern for each of these five area: (1) trends, (2) accessing information, and (3) principal information sources. Background information about the history and development of the field is presented in each…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Fine Arts, Humanities, Indexes
Download full textHarline, N. La Var – 1974
An automated retrieval system for reference works was constructed as a prototype in order to illustrate the capabilities and potentialities of future retrieval systems. More than 170 biographical works were indexed and stored in a computer disk to form a biographical data base, and a computer program was written to match patron queries. Consistent…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Vose, Clement E. – 1975
Written for librarians and teachers, this monograph is a guide to documentary and reference sources in political science. The book is divided into three topic areas which help facilitate the location and retrieval of hundreds of source books. Part one focuses on the American federal govenment and explains what sources are available from or about…
Descriptors: Government (Administrative Body), Government Publications, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Childers, Thomas; Post, Joyce A. – 1975
A search of various literature was conducted to learn what is known about the information universe of disadvantaged adults. More than 700 documents were discovered bearing on information needs, use, and information-seeking behavior of the aged, blacks, native Americans, Chicanos, migrants, the poor, and other disadvantaged. An overview of the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Daily Living Skills, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Evans, L. – 1973
A study was conducted of the International Information Service in Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers, and Control (INSPEC) selective dissemination of information (SDI) user profile generation. Five degrees of user involvement in the generation of profiles were investigated ranging from having the user provide only a statement of subject…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation, Indexing, Information Needs
Wilman, H.; Hall, Angela M. – 1973
A series of five runs comprised of 20 searches each were carried out in a three-year span of the INSPEC data base. The same queries were processed manually in the corresponding volumes of Science Abstracts, and comparison of the output of each search method exposed reasons for the failures. Emphasis is laid on the fact that a query comprises other…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographic Coupling, Citations (References), Computer Oriented Programs
Nixon, Carol, Comp.; Dengler, M. Heide, Comp.; McHenry, Mare L., Comp. – 1998
This proceedings contains 56 papers, presentation summaries, and/or slide presentations pertaining to the Internet, World Wide Web, intranets, and library systems. Topics include: Web databases in medium sized libraries; Dow Jones Intranet Toolkit; the future of online; Web searching and Internet basics; digital archiving; evolution of the online…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases
