Journal of Documentation: Volume 31 Issue 3

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COMMUNICATION IN PHYSICS: REVIEW AND FIRST PARAMETERS

A.K.J. SINGLETON

The Institute of Physics is carrying out a project, funded by the British Library, to review information in physics. The approach concentrates on the gathering of quantitative…

FARRADANE'S RELATIONS AS PERCEPTUAL DISCRIMINATIONS

S.D. NEILL

Farradane's categories of relations (Fig. 1) are viewed as percepts rather than concepts. It is argued that Farradane's original use of language supports this view. A comparison…

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE NATURE OF THE RELATION BETWEEN TERMS IN THESAURI

MARGARET WILLETTS

The nature of the affinitive relationships expressed through thesaural related terms has been studied in ten thesauri, of which eight were examined in detail. The relationships…

INDEX TERM INPUT TO IR SYSTEMS

JOSE‐MARIE GRIFFITHS

The index term input to three information retrieval systems has been analyzed in detail in order to form the input to a completely computerized simulation of an information…

NATURAL LANGUAGE

J.R. SHARP

In one of his two letters published in the June issue of Journal of Documentation, Moss rightly draws attention to the confusion arising out of the casual use of terminology in…

PUNCHED FEATURE CARDS

J.L. JOLLEY

I first met punched feature cards in 1956. I was working as an assistant to E. G. Brisch, whose company classified the materials and components used in industry. His method…

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ISSN:

0022-0418

Online date, start – end:

1945

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof David Bawden