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May, Ruby S. – Special Libraries, 1975
Outlines a procedure for cataloging and indexing pamphlets in historical collections. (PF)
Descriptors: Cataloging, History, Indexing, Library Collections
Miksa, Francis – 1984
This paper traces the development of classification at the Library of Congress in terms of its broader context and by accounting for changes in the present system since its initial period of creation between 1898 and 1910 and the present. Topics covered include: (1) Early Growth of the Collections; (2) Subject Access During the Early Years; (3) A.…
Descriptors: Classification, History, Indexing, Library Catalogs
Cochrane, Pauline A.; Kirtland, Monika – 1981
A comprehensive guide to the literature published between World War II and 1979 which critically evaluates the Library of Congress list of Subject Headings (LCSH), this bibliography has been prepared for information personnel involved with subject authority files, thesauri, or vocabulary control. A brief bibliometric analysis of the literature…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Indexes, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Schuler, S. C., Ed. – 1978
The first volume in a series of publications describing the basic documentation practices involved in the initial setting up and subsequent operation of an information-library organization to provide defense-aerospace scientific and technical information services, this manual consists of three sections. "Acquisition and Sources," by…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Cataloging, Indexing, Information Centers
Smith, Donald R. – 1978
This presentation of a simplified procedure for indexing local newspapers at a small library includes a brief discussion of 23 guidelines and rules for subject heading selection and use, indexing, and filing; a group of sample cards in the prescribed filing order; and a bibliography on newspaper indexing. (SW)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Filing, Guidelines, Indexing
Eisenberg, Elizabeth Stacey – 1979
This study of the variation in use of uniform titles from one library to another and even within a card catalog, a practice sanctioned by Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR), examines the validity of this variation in use of uniform titles, and explains how a uniform title is selected and its preferred form is determined. A discussion of the…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cataloging, Classification, Indexing
Lerner, Rita G.; And Others – 1976
This report describes the methods, developed by the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with Engineering Index, Inc., by which both organizations could reduce costs by eliminating duplication of keyboarding and indexing. The three sets of problems that confronted the interchange of their data bases (classification and indexing, formats,…
Descriptors: Charts, Classification, Databases, Indexing
Committee for the Coordination of National Bibliographic Control, Washington, DC. – 1978
This report presents the recommendations of 35 workshops participants, drawn from a variety of backgrounds and information environments, which was organized to: (1) highlight the role of subject access with the emphasis on the needs of the information seeker; (2) compare techniques for subject access now being used in the library and the…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Change Strategies, Cooperation, Indexing
Howard Research Co., Arlington, VA. – 1966
This report presents the identification and definitions of subject oriented engineering and scientific disciplines and fields which are included in the EDIS Subject Categories. The discussion is extended to include the mix of subjects with other orientations, such as Item, Mission-Project, Expertise and Data Bank Categories. Sample queries are…
Descriptors: Classification, Engineering, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Cooper, Lynn; Taber, Sally – 1978
Four basic approaches to the manual organization of information which concentrate on information storage and subject retrieval are described. Uniterm and Optical Coincidence are indexing systems, Keysort is an indexing tool as well as a storage and retrieval method, and Filing is used in conjunction with the above systems to store and retrieve…
Descriptors: Filing, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Brown, Alan George – 1976
This programed text presents the basic principles and practices of subject indexing--limited to the area of precoordinate indexing. This first of two volumes deals with the subject analysis of documents, primarily at the level of summarization, and the basic elements of translation into classification schemes. The text includes regular self-tests…
Descriptors: Classification, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Programed Instructional Materials
National Library of Medicine (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. – 1970
The Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) is described in detail including its indexing procedures, vocabulary, search strategies, products and services. This handbook also indicates the types of requests that are suitable for retrospective machine search in MEDLARS, and discusses the capabilities and limitations of the…
Descriptors: Indexing, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Wellisch, Hans – 1970
The text provides an application of programmed learning to the teaching and study of classification and indexing. It is aimed at students in library schools to familiarize them with the principles and techniques of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). The book can also be used as a manual for self-instruction in UDC for those unable to…
Descriptors: Classification, Guides, Indexing, Libraries
Library Association, London (England). – 1969
The report contains five papers dealing with some problems of a general classification scheme covering the whole field of knowledge which were presented at a conference held in London, June 1963. Topics covered included retrieval schemes, classification problems, inadequacies of existing classification schemes and the proposal of the…
Descriptors: Classification, Codification, Conferences, Indexes
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1959
The basic index for minutes presented in this manual was developed to aid clerks in indexing their minute books. A minute book is an extremely important record, but reference to an unindexed or poorly indexed minute book can be a time-consuming problem. The manual outlines the procedure to be followed in setting up an index and maintaining it on a…
Descriptors: Classification, Diaries, Guidelines, Guides