Journal of Documentation: Volume 26 Issue 2

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SOME THOUGHTS ON CLASSIFICATION FOR RETRIEVAL

KAREN SPARCK JONES

The suggestion that classifications for retrieval should be constructed automatically raises some serious problems concerning the sorts of classification which are required, and…

SWITCHING LANGUAGES FOR INDEXING

E.J. COATES

The paper describes some properties of simple interconversion devices which enable material intially subject indexed by a particular indexing system to be made available to other…

JAPANESE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERIODICALS: AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR EUROPEAN LANGUAGE CONTENT

C.F. FOO‐KUNE

European language content in Japanese journals is analysed from the data provided in various editions of the Directory of Japanese Scientific Periodicals. Figures for 1957, 1962…

Library classification

J. MILLS

Classification is so fundamental and pervasive an activity that care is needed to define its scope when discussing a particular application, such as information retrieval.

DOCUMENTATION NOTE

H. BOUMAN

Many chemical patent specifications use a so‐called ‘Markush formula’ to delimit the invention from the prior art.

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ISSN:

0022-0418

e-ISSN:

1758-7379

ISSN-L:

0022-0418

Online date, start – end:

1945

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof David Bawden