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SUBJECT INDEXES AND AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL: The Structure of Entries in Chemical Abstracts Subject Indexes
MICHAEL F. LYNCHIndex entries from the subject indexes to CA can, in general, be converted to ‘normal’ or title‐like phrases by applying simple tests to the positions of prepositions and…
THE LITERATURE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PROVISION FOR RESEARCH IN THEM
W.L. GUTTSMANMuch research in the social sciences uses literature as its raw material. Older, non‐periodical material and long runs of periodicals are important; this is confirmed by citation…
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEEDS OF USERS FOR THE DESIGN OF A CATALOGUE: A SURVEY AT THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
LARAINE KENNEYThe Central Library and Documentation branch of the ILO conducted a survey of users' needs to enable it to adapt its catalogue system to deal with the problems of scattered…
HOW MUCH NOISE IN A ROLE‐FREE AND LI NK‐FREE CO‐ORDINATE INDEXING SYSTEM?
J.F. BLAGDENA study of the number of irrelevant documents retrieved in a co‐ordinate indexing system that does not employ either roles or links. These tests were based on one hundred actual…
A NATIONAL SURVEY OF STAFF EMPLOYED ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION WORK
A.P.J. EDWARDSAn account is given of a national survey of staff employed on scientific and technical information work, carried out in the UK in the summer of 1965 by the Office for Scientific…
JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION
In 1962, the American Association of Law Libraries published the first edition of the present work. It was reviewed in this Journal (vol. 19, no. 1, 1963, p. 27), and perhaps not…
DOCUMENTATION SURVEY
The Abstracting Board was created in 1952 primarily to co‐ordinate and promote the exchange and speedy publication of abstracts in the fields of science covered by the…
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