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Lexical Inference Mechanisms for Text Understanding and Classification.
Figa, Elizabeth; Tarau, Paul – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Describes a framework for building "story traces" (compact global views of a narrative) and "story projects" (selections of key elements of a narrative) and their applications in text understanding and classification. The resulting "abstract story traces" provide a compact view of the underlying narrative's key…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Classification, Databases
A Thesaurus for Use in a Computer-Aided Abstracting Tool Kit.
Craven, Timothy C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Discusses the use of thesauri in automatic indexing and describes the development of a prototype computerized abstractor's assistant. Topics addressed include TEXNET, a text network management system; the use of TEXNET for abstracting; the structure and use of a thesaurus for abstracting in TEXNET; and weighted terms. (Contains 26 references.)…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Automatic Indexing, Computer Software Development, Information Retrieval
An Experiment in the Use of Tools for Computer-Assisted Abstracting.
Craven, Timothy C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Experimental subjects wrote abstracts of an article using a simplified version of the TEXTNET abstracting assistance software; subjects were presented with either keywords or phrases extracted automatically. Results showed considerable variation among subjects, but 37% found the keywords or phrases "quite" or "very" useful in…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Die Informationsgewinnung im Rahmen der "Bradford"schen Streuungsregel (Bradford's Law) (The Gathering of Information within the Framework of Bradford's Law).
Simon, Hans-Reiner – 1986
Designed to provide students of information science with an introduction to British librarian Samuel Clement Bradford's 1934 findings about the scattering of information, this reader on Bradford's Law begins by discussing its use in calculating search procedures in printed bibliographies as well as in databases. The following additional materials…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographies, Bibliometrics
Off-Site Indexing: A Cottage Industry.
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Fay, Catherine H. – Information Services and Use, 1984
Briefly describes use of off-site staffing--indexers, abstractors, editors--in the production of two major databases: Management Contents and The Computer Data Base. Discussion covers the production sequence; database administrator; off-site indexer; savings (office space, furniture and equipment costs, salaries, and overhead); and problems…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Administrative Organization, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Locked in Conversation: The College Library Collection and the Pluralist Society.
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Houbeck, Robert L., Jr. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Describes a study of conservative and liberal journals that was conducted to determine whether academic libraries have been developing balanced collections in these areas. Issues of censorship and bias in collection development are discussed; and the influence of abstracting/indexing availability and journal age on selection are considered. (12…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Academic Libraries, Bias, Censorship
The Distribution of Information: The Role for Online Public Access Catalogs.
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Matthews, Joseph R. – Information Services & Use, 1994
Describes the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and the inclusion of abstracting and indexing industry databases in OPACs. Topics addressed include the implications of including abstracting and indexing tape and CD-ROM products in OPACs; the need for standards allowing library systems to communicate with dissimilar CD-ROM products; and computer,…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographic Databases, Business, Computer Networks