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McQuillen, Karen – Education Libraries, 2009
This essay updates the two articles that were previously published in the Winter 1975/1976 and 1984 issues respectively of "Education Libraries," and featured the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection. At the time of the writing of the 1975/1976 article, the collection was known as The ETS Test Collection. However, since the collection…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Academic Libraries, Journal Articles, Essays
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O'Sullivan, Michael K.; Dallas, Kim B. – Education Libraries, 2010
Businesses and higher education leaders are looking for students with the ability to evaluate and analyze information and to use this information to solve real-world problems. These are the information literacy skills students need for the 21st century. However, several recent studies on the ability of college freshmen to handle the rigor of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, High Schools, Information Literacy, English Teachers
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Cubillas, Mary M. – Special Libraries, 1981
Summarizes the characteristics of TOXIN, CHEMFILE, and the Product Profile Information System (PPIS), nonbibliographic databases used by Shell Oil Company's Health, Safety, and Environment Organization. (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, Health, Indexing, Information Retrieval
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on classification and subject cataloging which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "PRECIS: Basic Principles, Function, and Use," in which Derek Austin (United Kingdom) describes the automated subject indexing system developed for use in the "British…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Cataloging, Databases, Developing Nations
Rholes, Julia M. – Database, 1982
Describes the background, document and subject coverage, access points, indexing, and other features of the online version of Energy Bibliography and Index (EBIB). A set of nine figures illustrate such things as a sample EBIB record, searchable fields in the EBIB database, and searching EBIB by index terms. (JL)
Descriptors: Databases, Energy, Indexing, Information Retrieval
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Luk, Robert W. P.; Leong, H. V.; Dillon, Tharam S.; Chan, Alvin T. S.; Croft, W. Bruce; Allan, James – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Discussion of XML focuses on indexing techniques for XML documents, grouping them into flat-file, semistructured, and structured indexing paradigms. Highlights include searching techniques, including full text search and multistage search; search result presentations; database and information retrieval system integration; XML query languages; and…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Models
Trubkin, Loene – Database, 1979
Describes the automatic indexing project undertaken in 1978 to convert by means of a "bridge vocabulary" the terms in the ABI/INFORM database to index terms of a controlled vocabulary. Components of the bridge vocabulary are explained, and examples demonstrating the process of conversion are provided. (JD)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Databases, Online Systems, Subject Index Terms
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
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Lunin, Lois F. – Library Trends, 1990
A definition of fiber art, its history, materials and techniques, vocabularies, and creators and users of those vocabularies offer background for understanding the problems in preparing surrogates of this relatively recent art form for text and image databases. Four examples of fiber image information systems are described. (32 references) (EAM)
Descriptors: Databases, Hypermedia, Indexing, Machine Readable Cataloging
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Gudes, Ehud – Information Systems, 1997
Performance is a critical factor hindering the use of object-oriented databases (OODB). This article proposes a new and uniform indexing scheme for enhancing OODBs with advantages for small range, clustered sets queries. Reviews several other indexing schemes; presents the U-index scheme; discusses its performance; and presents experimental…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Software Reviews, Databases, Indexing
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2002
Focuses on the growth of the United Kingdom company Ingenta in the United States. Highlights include a new partnership with Gale Group related to their InfoTrac databases; indexing and full text coverage; standards; and other Ingenta acquisitions. (LRW)
Descriptors: Corporations, Databases, Foreign Countries, Indexing
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Wu, Jian Kang; Narasimhalu, A. Desai – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Proposes a fuzzy-image database model and a concept of fuzzy space; describes fuzzy-query processing in fuzzy space and fuzzy indexing on complete fuzzy vectors; and uses an example image database, the computer-aided facial-image inference and retrieval system (CAFIIR), for explanation throughout. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Barnett, Lynn – 1986
This brief review of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system is intended to make users more aware of (1) the system as a whole, (2) the process of indexing educational literature for the database, and (3) the role of the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors in the overall information dissemination process. An overview of the ERIC…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Search Strategies
Jonassen, David – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1985
Describes a procedure for using commonly available database management systems to produce indexes on microcomputers. Production steps discussed include creation of the database, data entry, database sort, formatting, and editing. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Indexes, Indexing
McBride, Matthew – Searcher, 2003
Describes the growth of the INSPEC database developed by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. Highlights include an historical background of its growth from "Science Abstracts"; production methods, including computerization; indexing, including controlled (thesaurus-based), uncontrolled, chemical, and numerical indexing; and the…
Descriptors: Databases, Engineers, Indexing, Production Techniques
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