Informatica
Bernard Houghton, (Senior Lecturer in Information Work, Liverpool Polytechnic
Department of Library and Information Studies) and John Convey, (Research
Assistant, Liverpool Polytechnic Department of Library and Information Studies),
On-line information retrieval Systems. An introductory manual to principles and prac-
tice. 1977. Clive Bingley, Ltd., 16 Pembridge Road, London Wil, U.K. ; Linnet
Books, The Shoe String Press Ine., 995 Sherman Avenue, Hamden, CT 06514,
USA 160 p. Illus., Tab., 5 Ref. ISBN 0-85157-245-6 and 0-208-01660-0. CIP
77-21858.
This book is designed for both students of librarianship and information science,
and for practising information workers and researchers. It draws on the expérience
which the authors have accumulated while developing teaching programs for both
students and information workers. Part One of the book introducés readers to the
principles of online access by concentrating on essentials and omitting extraneous
technical details. Part Two illustrâtes the techniques and conventions of interaction
with some of the principal Systems currently accessible in Europe and the United
States in two self-contained modules illustrated with worked-examples of actual
searches. Contents : Part One : Introduction to online information retrieval prin-
ciples : (1) Development of online bibliographical information retrieval ; networks ;
hardware ; (2) Information retrieval principles ; Boolean logic ; command sets ; (3)
Searching strategies ; user/ System interaction ; (4) Impact of bibliographical online
access ; Part Two : Practical introduction to online bibliographical Systems : (5)
Lockheed DIALOG/ESA RECON ; (6) NLM MEDLINE/SDC ORBIT/BL
BLAISE) ; References ; Appendix One : Data bases (Data base names ; coverage
from 19xx ; Number of items on file ; updating ; charges connect time ; charges off-
line prints) f Appendix Two : MEDLINE Unit Record (The MEDLINE unit record
is the computer-stored information representing one journal article. There are 39
data éléments in MEDLINE for each citation. The table lists the data éléments with
their two-letter category qualifiers. The table also indicates which éléments are
directly searchable, which can be searched using the STRINGSEARCH or SEN-
SEARCH capabilities and which will be displayed as a resuit of the three standard
PRINT commands). Index. Descriptors : Online Information Retrieval.
H.-K. d. J.
Massificatie
C. G. Allen, ed. Manual of European languages for librarians. 1976. Bowker
Publishing Company, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, USA
803 p. ISBN 0-85935-028-2.
Guide to classifying, cataloging and retrieving books, periodicals, and documents in
36 European Languages. The first part of each language section considers the
linguistic aspects of title pages, préfacés, etc. The second part provides a gram-
matical summary of the particular language.
H.-K. d. J.
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