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Peer reviewedSmith, Kingsley R.; Judy, Theodore M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1972
An operational, comprehensive, economical method for updating and correcting entries in a computerized bibliographic system is presented. The technique was developed in connection with the East African Agricultural Bibliographic Project at West Virginia University. Data modification operations are discussed as well as the limitations of the method…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Computer Programs, Data Processing, Indexing
Peer reviewedSolomon, Susan L. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1974
An analysis to ascertain which electronic data processing (EDP) systems are most flexible in processing wide ranges of volumes efficiently. A simulation model of the job environment of three common EDP systems provides information on the shape of their cost functions in the neighborhood of optimality. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Evaluation
Peer reviewedSchultz, Louise – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1974
At BIOSIS, development of a retrieval system from the pragmatic viewpoint of providing viable self-supporting retrieval service from a data base of more than 2 million references has resulted in focusing attention on supporting the forumlation of the information need into an effective computer search specification. (JB)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Databases
