American Documentation

1950 - 1969

Current editor(s): Javed Mostafa

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Volume 19, issue 4, 1968

The use of simulation in studying information storage and retrieval systems pp. 363-370

Norman R. Baker and Richard E. Nance

Unthinking man and his thinking machines pp. 371-374

Ray Bradbury

Evaluation and compression of scientific and technical information at the nuclear safety information center pp. 375-380

William B. Cottrell

Retrieval of answer‐providing documents pp. 381-386

John O'Connor

Measures for the comparison of information retrieval systems pp. 387-397

Stephen M. Pollock

Linking research and teaching pp. 398-403

Tefko Saracevic

The browser's retrieval game pp. 404-410

Siegried Treu

Statistical generation of a technical vocabulary pp. 411-412

Don C. Stone and Morris Rubinoff

Information services for small‐scale industry pp. 412-413

Rowena W. Swanson

Imprecision—problems for information processing pp. 413-414

Stephen J. Tauber

Letters to the editor pp. 415-417

Taurence M. Heilprin, R. F. Schmidt, Eugene Miller, William Hammond, Stafan Rosenborg, Johnie Sullivan, John O'Connor, Simon M. Newman and H. B. Thompson

4/68–3R organization and handling of bibliographic records by computer. 1967. Nigel S. M. Cox and Michael W. Grose, Editors. Archon Books, Hamden, Connecticut, 187 pages, $12.00 pp. 419-420

Jessica L. Harris

Volume 19, issue 3, 1968

Editorial pp. 212-212

A. W. Elias

Thesaurus development for a decentralized information network pp. 213-220

James L. Eller and Robert L. Panek

A framework for comparing SDI systems pp. 221-222

John R. Jordan

A study of searching the eye research literature pp. 223-239

Russell R. Miller

Document specification and search strategy using basic intersections and the probability measure of sets pp. 240-246

Wolfram Uhlmann

Extracting the basic structure of scientific literature pp. 247-262

Harold P. Van Cott and Albert Zavala

Using information in the life insurance business world pp. 265-268

Manuel R. Cueto

The individual in an age of change pp. 269-269

Young P. Dawkins

Producing the wares of information services pp. 270-270

Daniel Melcher

Traditional methods of organizing and storing information pp. 271-272

Luther H. Evans

An emerging national resource—networks for information transportation, processing, and inquiry pp. 273-273

Robert W. Hodgers

No time to document: A case for the book with no beginning, no end, and no author pp. 274-277

Charles Philip Lecht

Computer graphics: An assembly line for information pp. 278-285

William A. McConnell

Psychology and information pp. 286-289

George A. Miller

Convention theme: Levels of interaction between man and information pp. 290-294

James F. Oates

Language and information pp. 295-298

A. G. Oettinger

The scientist and scientific data pp. 299-304

Lewis H. Sarett

The organization is the information pp. 305-308

Frederick B. Thompson

Documentation and electronic data processing pp. 311-316

A. M. Becker

The determination of legal facts and economic guideposts with respect to the dissemination of scientific and educational information as it is affected by copyright—A status report pp. 317-321

Gerald J. Sophar

Imprecision in indexing. Part II pp. 322-330

John F. Tinker

Automated control of a fast‐turnaround contractor—Subcontractor document management system pp. 331-337

Patrick T. Komiske and Albert A. Braunstein

Habitability pp. 338-351

W. C. Watt

Opinion paper. Science information problems needing solution pp. 352-354

W. Kenneth Lowry

Letters to the editor pp. 355-356

Jessica L. Harris, Karl F. Heumann and William T. Knox

3/68–2R PANDEX. 1967. Pandex, Inc., New York. Microfiche, $460 (educational rate, $390); magnetic tape $6,500 pp. 357-358

Phyllis A. Richmond

3/68–1R An introduction to colon classification. 1966 C. D. Batty. Archon Books and Clive Bingley, Hamden, Connecticut. 90 pp. $3.50 pp. 357-357

Jessica L. Harris

3/68–3R The new york times thesaurus of descriptors; A guide for organizing, cataloguing, indexing and searching collections of information on current events. 1968. New York Times Company, New York. 1103 pp. in 2 vols. (Even‐numbered pages blank). Tab‐indexed pp. 358-359

Jessica L. Harris

Volume 19, issue 2, 1968

Survey of practical training in information science pp. 113-119

Marilyn C. Bracken and Charles W. Shilling

Computer simulation of a small information system pp. 120-122

Gus J. Caras

Photocopying, copyright, and the librarian pp. 123-130

Edward S. Lazowska

A literature search and file organization model pp. 131-136

Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler

The publication inflation pp. 137-141

Gertrude London

Combined grouping for coordinate indexes pp. 142-145

Peter Perry

An index system of terms with related and associated words pp. 146-150

Richard J. Potocko

A computer‐based serials control system for a large biomedical library pp. 151-157

Fred W. Roper

Systematics of knowledge with enneametry and data processing machines pp. 158-162

Antony Santiago

Reading guide and index to the cancer‐virology literature pp. 163-167

Arthur P. Schless, Marie E. Purdy and Robert E. Stevenson

An approach to weeding criteria for newspaper libraries pp. 168-172

Stanley J. Slote

GAF document storage and retrieval system pp. 173-180

A. C. Starke, F. R. Whaley, E. C. Carson and W. B. Thompson

Possibilities of articulation of information systems into a network pp. 181-187

Eugene Wall

Subject heading authority list, computer prepared pp. 188-199

William Way

Some Questions concerning “information need” pp. 200-203

John O'Connor

Ranking boolean search output pp. 204-205

John Mulvihill and Everett H. Brenner

Letters to the editor pp. 206-207

F. W. Lancaster and Edward S. Lazowska

4/68–4R union catalog of medical periodicals. Listing medical and paramedical periodicals in existence in 1950 and new titles published since, with Holdings of 68 Libraries in the New York Metropolitan Area, as of December 31, 1966. 1967. medical Library Center of New York. 589 pp. $10.00 to members of the Center or to those outside the metropolitan New York area pp. 209-210

Samuel J. Waddell

4/68–3R documentation in education. Arvid J. and Mary A. Burke. Revision of Carter Alexander and Arvid J. Burke's How to Locate Educational Information and Data (4th edition, revised) 1967. Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University. 413 pp. $7.50 pp. 209-209

Sidney Forman and Ruby Lee Collins

Volume 19, issue 1, 1968

Editorial pp. 1-2

A. W. Elias

Information science: What is it? pp. 3-5

H. Borko

Technology and the future of the copyright principle pp. 6-11

Laurence B. Heilprin

Problems in the conversion of bibliographical data—A keypunching experiment pp. 12-17

Donald P. Hammer

Growth of the professional literature in economics and other fields, and some implications pp. 18-26

Charles C. Holt and William E. Schrank

A comparison of the relevance of key‐word‐in‐context versus descriptor indexing terms pp. 27-29

Kenyon C. Rosenberg and Charles L. M. Blocher

Expected search length: A single measure of retrieval effectiveness based on the weak ordering action of retrieval systems pp. 30-41

William S. Cooper

On the need for role indicators in postcoordinate retrieval systems pp. 42-46

F. W. Lancaster

Scientists meet the KWIC index pp. 47-59

Wm. Mansfield Adams and Laurence C. Lockley

Offset printing from typescript as a substitute for microfilming of dissertations pp. 60-65

Jessica L. Harris

Air pollution technical information processing—the microthesaurus approach pp. 66-70

Samuel A. Tancredi and Owen D. Nichols

Storage, retrieval, and editing of information for a dictionary pp. 71-79

Richard L. Venezky

A proposed structure for displayed information to minimize search time through a data base pp. 80-84

David A. Thompson, Lawrence A. Bennigson and David Whitman

On a theory of documentation pp. 85-89

Eugene E. Graziano

A physician oriented method for clinical information retrieval pp. 90-94

Michael J. Smith and Richard P. Levy

Unanswered science and technology reference questions pp. 95-100

G. Jahoda and Mary Culnan

The stability of ranks of index terms pp. 101-102

B. C. Brookes

Integrating vocabularies with a classification scheme pp. 101-101

Charlks H. Davis

Relative importance of articles‐cited versus titles‐cited in frequency counts pp. 102-103

Ole V. Groos

Letters to the editor pp. 104-106

John O'Connor, P. S. Davison, James O. Vann and Charles L. Berner