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Younger, Jennifer A. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1982
Presents a selective review of works in 1981 concerned with subject access to information sources, with specific discussions devoted to general and theoretical works, vocabulary management, classification schemes, subject headings, indexing, and automatic indexing and classification. A 110-item bibliography is included. (JL)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Classification, Indexing, Literature Reviews

Donaldson, Norman; And Others – Journal of Chemical Documentation, 1974
Index names for chemical substances have been significantly revised by Chemical Abstracts Service beginning with vol. 76. Content and rationale for these changes are described. (JB)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Chemical Nomenclature, Chemistry, Classification

Wellisch, Hans H. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1981
Reviews contributions by scholars and institutions in the fields of classification, subject headings, thesauri, indexing, abstracting, and automatic classification and indexing. Also included are works exploring the theoretical foundations of subject analysis and the history of indexing and abstracting. There are 111 references. (RAA)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Automatic Indexing, Classification, History

Sparck Jones, Karen – Journal of Documentation, 1974
Reviews the state of the art in automatic indexing, concentrating on the literature from 1968 to 1973. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Classification, Indexing, Information Retrieval

McKinlay, John – Australian Library Journal, 1979
Describes LASH (project for a list of Australian subject headings) through its development and demise. (RAO)
Descriptors: Classification, Indexing, Subject Index Terms, Thesauri
Horsnell, Verina – 1974
An intermediate lexicon is described that employs a technique which allows, for a given subject area, the automatic translation of subject indexing from one indexing scheme into another. The lexicon was structured according to the principles of faceted classification and contained approximately 1,000 entries covering the field of library and…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Classification, Coordinate Indexes, Evaluation
Perry, Jessica, Ed.; Pietrzyk, Alfred, Ed. – 1971
The four chapters included in this report are based on LINCS project activities undertaken since 1968, with an emphasis on indexing tools in the language sciences and related problems. Chapter one, "Indexing Tools for the Language Sciences: Methodology," discusses the development of a LINCS thesaurus and its role in the LINCS network.…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Classification, Indexing, Information Networks

Mahapatra, M.; Biswas, S. C. – Library and Information Science Research, 1985
Two hundred journal articles related to fields of taxation, genetic psychology, and Shakespearean drama published from 1970-1980 were analyzed and PRECIS input strings were drawn. Occasions when input string and index entries looked incomplete and unexpressive after losing context of document are provided with solutions. Role operator schema is…
Descriptors: Classification, Humanities, Indexing, Social Sciences
Tryon, Julie – 1982
This paper uses the subject of job satisfaction to compare subject access by ERIC descriptors and Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH). A description of the study methodology precedes a definition of job satisfaction and background information on the topic. Lists of ERIC and LCSH equivalents to job satisfaction subject terms developed by…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Indexing, Job Satisfaction
Zunde, Pranas; Dexter, Margaret E. – 1969
Proposed is a measure of indexing consistency based on the concept of "fuzzy sets." By this procedure a higher consistency value is assigned if indexers agree on the more important terms than if they agree on less important terms. Measures of the quality of an indexer's work and exhaustivity of indexing are also proposed. Experimental data on…
Descriptors: Classification, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Science

Field, B. J. – Journal of Documentation, 1975
Methods of automatically generating controlled subject headings and classifications from free indexing in the INSPEC data base were evaluated. (PF)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Classification, Cost Effectiveness, Subject Index Terms
Mutrux, Robin; Anderson, James D. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
Demonstrates application to art literature of indexing system which involves conceptual analysis of content and characteristics of documents using descriptors assigned to facets of the discipline and its literature. Indexing vocabulary and syntax, alphabetical and classified indexes, and exhaustivity of indexing are discussed. Sample indexes and…
Descriptors: Art, Classification, Indexes, Indexing

Rodriguez, Robert D. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1984
Describes a system of subject indexing developed by Julius Kaiser (1868-1927) which is based on "concretes" and "processes" to govern the form of subject headings and subdivisions. Elements of amplification, guides for the subject index, and criticism of Kaiser's systematic indexing are noted. Five sources are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Indexing, Library Technical Processes
Simpson, I. S. – Information Scientist, 1974
Greater economy in catalog size may be achieved with single-entry systems only for document collections of appreciable size. (Author)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Costs, Economics

Field, B. J. – Journal of Documentation, 1974
The development of the INSPEC vocabulary system which comprises a unified indexing and classification scheme is described together with the reasons for its adoption. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Documentation, Indexing