Journal of Documentation: Volume 43 Issue 2

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NEAREST NEIGHBOUR SEARCHING IN BINARY SEARCH TREES: SIMULATION OF A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM

MARK STEWART, PETER WILLETT

This paper describes the simulation of a nearest neighbour searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors. The documents in a database are organised in…

A BETA‐BINOMIAL MODEL FOR LIBRARY SURVEY DATA

B.W. SILVERMAN, J.D. WILSON

It has become of increasing importance to the UK library community to estimate the proportion of library acquisitions in the United Kingdom for which a UK MARC record is available…

INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT DISPLAY AND ITS USE IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

J.D. BOVEY, P.J. BROWN

Computers with graphics screens and pointing devices such as the ‘mouse’ provide the opportunity for highly interactive user interfaces. This paper describes some novel software…

MYCOTOXINS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENTIFIC SUBJECT FIELD AND ITS SPREAD INTO DIFFERENT SUBJECT DISCIPLINES

V.K. DATTA

The literature on mycotoxins and its spread into different subject disciplines has been examined using the card index of the Tropical Development and Research Institute Library…

COMPUTER‐BASED LIBRARY SYSTEMS: A REVIEW OF THE LAST TWENTY‐ONE YEARS

LUCY A. TEDD

The developments in the use of computer systems in libraries from 1966 to date have been great. This report, written to coincide with the twenty‐first anniversary of the…

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ISSN:

0022-0418

Online date, start – end:

1945

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof David Bawden