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INFORMATION RETRIEVAL THROUGH MAN‐MACHINE DIALOGUE
R.N. ODDYThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a new method of information retrieval by man‐machine interaction. The dialogue supported has more symmetry than most interactive computer…
ON THE GENERATION AND SEARCHING OF ENTRIES IN PRINTED SUBJECT INDEXES
E. MICHAEL KEENAfter considering the search process and functions of index entries, a classification of entry types is offered, based on index term context, predominant term order, and…
THE VARIATION IN THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF TITLES OF RESEARCH PAPERS WITH TIME AND DISCIPLINE
A.B. BUXTON, A.J. MEADOWSThe relative information content of titles of research papers in different subject areas has been examined by counting the number of their ‘substantive’ words in eleven English…
EDUCATION OF USERS OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES
MALCOLM STEVENSONFor a field approaching a critical period of reappraisal and rethinking of methods, user education is well served by secondary material. A definitive history of training in the…
THEODORE BESTERMAN: A PERSONAL MEMOIR
EDWARD J. CARTERBy Theodore Besterman's death on 10 November 1976 in his seventy‐first year, scholarship, bibliography and documentation and a wide range of esoteric subjects have lost a master…
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