Reviews

Abstract

A decision to publish what appears to be the manual of instructions used by indexers to Food Science and Technology Abstracts implies that it is a well tried document which works in practice. It does not make easy reading, and personal guidance and instruction on its application to a wide range of actual works would be helpful before it could be easily used in practice. Some examples are provided on left hand pages to illustrate the points made on the right, but a wider range, including more of the difficult borderline cases, is required to ensure proficiency in the system. Where no examples are appropriate, the left hand pages are filled by computer graphics which are perhaps the most attractive features of the book and which may in future years find their way into the folders of miscellaneous prints in second hand book shops.

Citation

(1977), "Reviews", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 74-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046750