Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 11 Issue 2

An on‐line numerical data system

J. Boyle, W.R. McDonough, H. O'Hara, F.J. Smith

The building of an on‐line numerical data bank with some built‐in intelligence is described. The data, which consisted mainly of inter‐atomic potential energy functions, was…

Input methods for United Kingdom computer‐based circulation systems

Janet S. Pickles

Input methods for circulation systems are considered, with particular attention to the range of checks possible at the time data is being input. The amount of checking possible…

News and Short Communications

Many files, including the subject catalogues of most British libraries, are arranged in order of class‐numbers or notations. These notations represent subjects and show the…

Letters to the Editor

Dear Sir, The article by John Ross and Bruce Royan on MERLIN in the July issue of Program (Vol. 10. No. 3, 1976) was an excellent explanation of the new system to be introduced by…

Reviews

A decision to publish what appears to be the manual of instructions used by indexers to Food Science and Technology Abstracts implies that it is a well tried document which works…