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Russian Transliteration Variations for Searchers.
Pasterczyk, Catherine E. – Database, 1985
This article deals with problem created by numerous schemes in use for transliteration of Cyrillic alphabet when attempting to obtain retrieval of Russian author's works in scientific databases available through Dialog, Bibliographic Retrieval Services, and System Development Corporation. Highlights include basic strategy and complications of…
Descriptors: Authors, Cyrillic Alphabet, Databases, Information Retrieval
Research Report on Development of a Probabilistic Author Search and Matching Technique for Retrieval and Creation of Bibliographic Records.
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Hickey, Thomas B. – 1981
Using macro and micro-structure analysis of large files of personal author names, this study developed retrieval techniques and algorithms to automatically correct and/or flag typographical errors in names, identify names in a database that are similar to a name entered by a user during a search, and measure similarities between names. It was…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Authors, Bibliographies, Computational Linguistics
An Investigation of the Coauthor Graph.
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Logan, Elisabeth L.; Shaw, W. M., Jr. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
The role of the coauthor relationship in the structure of informal communications networks within disciplines is explored, and the validity of coauthor graphs used to map these relationships is tested for both small and large databases. (CLB)
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliometrics, Cluster Grouping, Cooperation
Qualified Citation Indexing: Its Relevance to Educational Technology.
Duncan, E. B.; And Others – 1981
Citation indexing, which matches linked articles through links with authors rather than through subject keyword matching, is particularly relevant to educational technology, a widely-spread subject with a special user group of varying interests, difficult to cover in one retrieval service, and whose terminology is often ambiguous. By including…
Descriptors: Authors, Citation Indexes, Costs, Databases
Literature in MEDLINE. . . A Bibliographic Anomaly?
Robbins, Simone B. – Database, 1985
Discusses the inclusion of citations to literary articles that have appeared in medical journals in National Library of Medicine's database, MEDLINE. Highlights include search aids, search strategies, sample references, and five publications that serve as orientations to current status of movement toward interdisciplinary study of medicine and…
Descriptors: Authors, Databases, Diseases, Health
Microcomputers in Library and Information Services (1973-1986): A Bibliometric Analysis of Literature Growth.
Hu, Chengren – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1987
This bibliometric investigation of literature on microcomputers in library and information services focuses on the years 1973-1986. Five printed reference tools and three online databases were searched to examine the number of publications, types of documents, contributing languages and countries, and the productivity of individual authors.…
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliometrics, Databases, Information Services
Reference Linking with DOIs: A Case Study [and] The Santa Fe Convention of the Open Archives Initiative [and] The UPS Prototype: An Experiment End-User Service across E-Print Archives [and] The Costs of Print, Fiche, and Digital Access: The Early Canadiana Online Project [and] Ad*Access: Seeking Copyright Permissions for a Digital Age.
Atkins, Helen; Lyons, Catherine; Ratner, Howard; Risher, Carol; Shillum, Chris; Sidman, David; Stevens, Andrew; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Lagoze, Carl; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Krichel, Thomas; Nelson, Michael L.; Hochstenbach, Patrick; Lyapunov, Victor M.; Maly, Kurt; Zubair, Mohammad; Kholief, Mohamed; Liu, Xiaoming; O'Connell, Heath; Kingma, Bruce R.; Pritcher, Lynn – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes five articles that discuss publishers' metadata hyperlinks with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) on the Internet; the Santa Fe Convention of the Open Archives initiative (Oai) that promotes author self-archiving; the Universal Preprint Service; costs of digital, microfiche, and print access; and an online database of old print…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Authors, Comparative Analysis
Internet-Based Reference Services and Community Libraries: A Need for New Models and Strategies.
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Devine, Sean; Woods, Daniel – Electronic Library, 1996
To compete effectively in the world of electronic reference, libraries must offer remote patrons a variety of index, abstract, and full text services, which are easy to access and which answer questions. A marketing alliance between electronic reference vendors and public libraries would ensure access, fair compensation for publishers and authors,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Authors, Change Strategies, Compensation (Remuneration)