The structure of a retrospective information retrieval system that uses equifrequent word or text fragments is described, and its advantages over word oriented systems are mentioned briefly. (Author)

School systems face many decisions in developing and maintaining learning environments that create success for all students. From district operations to the classroom, district leaders implement solutions and take action based on the information they have at hand. While there is no shortage of data, turning that data into useful information is as…

Not since the age of Gutenberg has an information upheaval so thoroughly disrupted the processes of scholarly knowledge creation, management and preservation as the digital revolution currently under way. Academic libraries have traditionally been structured to effectively facilitate the access, use and storage of mostly static, print-based…

The binary vector is suggested as an alternative to the usual method of storing document pointers in an inverted index file. (Author)

The Retrieval of information by means of freely-chosen descriptors may be handled efficiently by creating an inverted file organization in an adaptive manner, entries in this file being generated by sequential searching of the master file, when required. (Author)

Presents a word-based technique for storing natural language text in compact form. The compressed text consists of a dictionary and a text that is a combination of actual running text and pointers to the dictionary. This technique has shown itself to be effective for both text storage and retrieval. (VT)

"Xeno-copy Plus" is a software package which allows the transfer of files in two directions between incompatible systems. Features of the package, types of files commonly transferred, and operation of the package are discussed. Other methods for transferring files are also noted. (JN)

An English summary is provided for this French article which describes the first stage of a research project using the Bose, Ghosh and Abraham theory with attributes of multiple values applied to a file containing a large number (10 6) of records. (7 references) (Author/SJ)

An experimental procedure for indexing physical materials based on simple syntactical rules was tested by encoding the materials in the journal, Applied Physics Letters,'' to produce a materials index. The syntax and numerous examples together with an indication of the method by which retrieval can be effected are presented. (5 references)…

Described is a storage and retrieval system developed for a pharmaceutical firm for internal document control. There is a thesaurus and four data files. Two important features include coordinate indexing using roles and links as well as the use of Wiswesser Line Notation for storing compounds. (3 references) (Author/SJ)

Substantial degrees of compression of bibliographical data bases result from the application to them of a modified form of run-length coding. (14 references) (Author)