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Download full textSchulz, Russel E. – 1975
An analysis of portions of the HumRRO (Human Resources Research Organization) developed computer-assisted instruction (CAI) course in COBOL programing, and a survey of representatives from Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) PLATO IV installations indicated a need for authoring aids that could be prepared and programed easily and quickly. The…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education
Showalther, A. Kenneth – 1968
The OSIRIS system is a prototype information retrieval system having the following components: an automated microfiche file having a capacity of 5000 punch card sized microfiche with a remote control 21 inch TV console for retrieving, magnifying (0-250X), and displaying any of the images on the microfiche; and a remote computer terminal for the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Processing, Display Systems
Peer reviewedSmith, Karen F. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Describes how a librarian, assisted by a knowledge engineer, developed a computerized reference assistance system for a separate government documents department. Rationale for the expert system, problems in selecting reference materials and user questions to computerize, and the formulation of a workable human/computer interface are covered. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Expert Systems, Government Publications, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTeodorescu, Ioana – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Compares artificial intelligence and information retrieval paradigms for natural language understanding, reviews progress to date, and outlines the applicability of artificial intelligence to question answering systems. A list of principal artificial intelligence software for database front end systems is appended. (CLB)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Peer reviewedRains, Nancy; Underwood, David – Library Software Review, 1986
Describes the development of a computer program for a high school library that has the capability of printing out bibliographic citations by author, subject, title, accession number, comment, and format (book, audiovisual kit, computer program). Considerations and techniques involved in the design of the program and sample screens are included.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Software, Databases, Display Systems
Peer reviewedDoszkocs, Tamas E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
The National Library of Medicine's Current Information Transfer in English public access online catalog offers unique subject search capabilities--natural-language query input, automatic medical subject headings display, closest match search strategy, ranked document output, dynamic end user feedback for search refinement. References, description…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Display Systems, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedBaiget, Tomas – Education for Information: The International Review of Education and Training in Library and Information Science, 1983
Provides technical description of system (SOCRATE) used to re-transmit searches from searching terminal to second, remote terminal, where end user or inexperienced searcher can observe search strategy development and interact with search. Use of the system as searching and training aids and experiences at Consorci d'Informacio i Documentacio de…
Descriptors: Diagrams, Display Systems, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Peer reviewedRouse, William B.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1982
Strategies, heuristics, and tradeoffs involved in online searching of bibliographic citation networks are discussed using results from field of citation analysis to describe mathematical structure of citation networks. Discussion of two studies of human information seeking behavior examines the search question and interconnectivity of the…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Citations (References), Computer Programs, Databases
Baggaley, Jon – Media in Education and Development, 1982
Discusses the use of microcomputer-based testing methods in media and community research, with descriptions of the Programme Evaluation Analysis Computer (PEAC) developed for the Ontario Education Communications Authority and of the application of the PEAC system in a study of second-by-second responses to Orson Welles'"War of the…
Descriptors: Audience Participation, Communication Research, Computer Oriented Programs, Man Machine Systems
Smith, Martin A. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1980
The integration of data processing and word processing is seen as a new frontier for Management Information Systems. A system developed by the University of Massachusetts for the admissions office is described. Online admissions system, data processing overview, word processing interface, and System/6 programing aspects are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Officers, Case Studies, Data Processing
Divilbiss, J. L., Ed. – 1981
Eight studies by experts in the field of information retrieval examine aspects of public use of such automated systems as online catalogs in libraries. Ward Shaw discusses "Design Principles for Public Access," outlining desirable characteristics of an information retrieval system. Allen Avner and H. George Friedman, Jr. treat problems…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Consumer Economics, Disabilities, Information Retrieval
Porch, Ann – 1971
Relative cost and effectiveness of techniques for preparing a computer compatible data base consisting of approximately one million words of natural language are outlined. Considered are dollar cost, ease of editing, and time consumption. Facility for insertion of identifying information within the text, and updating of a text by merging with…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Mitzel, Harold E. – 1968
A computer-assisted instruction (CAI) curriculum development project is being carried out by the Commonwealth CAI Consortium. Financed by an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III grant, the project seeks to develop a CAI curriculum in general mathematics and algebra for use in the ninth grades of urban schools. Ninth grade teachers and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Consortia, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedMarkey, Karen – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
This paper describes an experiment in the use of Dewey Decimal Classification in online catalogs to introduce classed approach to subject searching of library collections, enhance subject terminology indexed in online catalog, and provide possibilities for search strategies not possible through alphabetical approach of subject headings and/or…
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Display Systems, Information Needs
Peer reviewedNielsen, Brian – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This review of the overall findings of the "Educating the Online Catalog User" project at Northwestern University Library focuses on methods of data collection used in evaluating online catalog performance and user performance. The rationale and methodology of transaction log monitoring and new directions for technical development are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
