MAKING YOUR OWN INDEXING SYSTEM In SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CLASSIFICATION AND KEYWORD SYSTEMS)

Abstract

In visiting more than a hundred special libraries and information units in Britain (not to use their resources but to study their methods) I have often been concerned by the inadequacy of the private indexing systems in use, although there were many exceptions. The classifications were often crude, and/or outdated, and/or quite insufficiently detailed, and were seldom provided with good subject indexes. Alphabetical subject‐heading indexes are more difficult to assess on a brief visit, but these were seldom detailed enough, so that fifty or more documents could be indexed under one heading. Seldom was there a separate subject‐headings list, and often no recognition of the need of one. Guidance for the user was very often poor.

Citation

CAMPBELL, D.J. (1963), "MAKING YOUR OWN INDEXING SYSTEM In SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CLASSIFICATION AND KEYWORD SYSTEMS)", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 15 No. 10, pp. 282-303. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049939