American Documentation

1950 - 1969

Current editor(s): Javed Mostafa

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Volume 12, issue 4, 1961

A comparative study of three systems of information retrieval: A summary pp. 243-246

Norman D. Stevens

A comparison of dictionary use within two information retrieval systems pp. 247-253

Claire K. Schultz, Phyllis D. Schwartz and Leon Steinberg

A paradigm for a retrieval effectiveness experiment pp. 254-259

Harry Bornstein

Applications of machines to library techniques: Periodicals pp. 260-265

Anne McCann

Recorded, use of books in the yale medical library pp. 266-269

Frederick G. Kilgour

A study in the developments of colon classification pp. 270-278

T. Tyaganatarajan

Documentation in Poland pp. 279-284

Jan Wepsiec

Photoreproduction pp. 285-291

Gerald Oster

Notes on the distinction between character recognition machines and perceiving machines pp. 292-293

Robert M. Jones and Mortimer Taube

The productivity of certain scholars pp. 294-295

Theodore C. Hines

Letters to the editor pp. 305-305

Ralph R. Shaw

The editor's page pp. 306-306

Luther H. Evans

Volume 12, issue 3, 1961

Studies in information storage and retrieval: On the use of gödel indices in coding pp. 165-171

R. Creighton Buck

Prime‐number coding pp. 172-177

Earl Lamm

Automatic syntax analysis in machine indexing and abstracting pp. 178-183

W. D. Climenson, N. H. Hardwick and S. N. Jacobson

Development of a technical thesaurus pp. 184-190

B. E. Holm and L. E. Rasmussen

Some solutions to operational problems in concept coordination pp. 191-197

John C. Costello

Some suggested mechanized indexing investigations which require no machines pp. 198-203

John O'Connor

The inadequacy of varying the depth of indexing and other “document collection” approaches to information retrieval for researchers pp. 204-205

Ron Manly

Classified patent search files, a proposed base for technical information centers pp. 206-212

Simon M. Newman

Communication engineering approach to microforms pp. 213-218

L. B. Heilprin

The use of the filmsort card in industry the American documentation institute meeting in miniature pp. 219-221

George T. McMahon

Actifilm in action pp. 222-223

Richard E. Jones

“Information storage and retrieval” and the problems of libraries pp. 224-226

Verner W. Clapp

Computer techniques for an old English concordance pp. 227-229

J. B. Bessinger

Letter to the editor pp. 239-239

Susan Artandi

The editor's page pp. 240-240

Luther H. Evans

Volume 12, issue 2, 1961

A computer analysis of the merck sharp & dohme research laboratories indexing system pp. 83-92

Claire K. Schultz and Clayton A. Shepherd

The senate committee on government operations and documentation pp. 93-97

Walter L. Reynolds

Notes on the use of roles and links in coordinate indexing pp. 98-100

Mortimer Taube

The manipulation of nonconventional indexing systems pp. 101-107

Fred R. Whaley

The historical development and present state‐of‐the‐art of mechanized information retrieval systems pp. 108-110

Charles P. Bourne

Storage and retrieval of chemical research and patent information by links and roles in du pont pp. 111-120

J. C. Costello

Special considerations of the individual as a user, generator, and retriever of information pp. 121-125

Douglas C. Engelbart

Comparisons of four types of lexical indicators of content pp. 126-130

G. J. Rath, A. Resnick and T. R. Savage

Selective dissemination of new scientific information with the aid of electronic processing equipment pp. 131-138

H. P. Luhn

The formation of abstracts by the selection of sentences. Part I. Sentence selection by men and machines pp. 139-141

G. J. Rath, A. Resnick and T. R. Savage

Part II. The reliability of people in selecting sentences pp. 141-143

A. Resnick

Introducere in documentarea stiintifica (introduction to scientific documentation). by Aurel Avramescu and Virgil Candea. Academy of the Rumanian People's Republic, Bucharest, 1960. 519 pp. Illus pp. 144-144

Herbert A. Stanto

The national library of medicine index mechaniztion project. 1961. National Library of Medicine U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Washington, D. C pp. 144-144

Isaac D. Welt

The editor's page pp. 158-158

Luther H. Evans

Volume 12, issue 1, 1961

The editor's page pp. 1-2

Luther H. Evans

Annual report of the president of the American documentation institute october 1959‐october 1960 pp. 3-5

C. D. Gull

On the information problem ahead pp. 6-14

L. B. Heilprin

The metabolism of new scientific information: A preliminary report pp. 15-19

Richard H. Orr

Uniterm indexing principles, problems and solutions pp. 20-26

J. C. Costello

A study of indexing procedures in a limited area of the medical sciences pp. 27-31

Judith T. MacMillan and Isaac D. Welt

A unified subject index to science literature pp. 32-34

Floyd E. Orton

Recommendations for further study in classification pp. 35-37

Phyllis A. Richmond

A suggested classification for the literature of documentation pp. 38-48

Pauline Atherton and Virginia Clark

Machine literature searching—from experiment to experience pp. 49-52

Marjorie R. Hyslop

Problems in the production and utilization of microfiche pp. 53-55

Charles Bishop

Coordination of documentation research and information services by the American Petroleum Institute pp. 56-60

B. H. Weil, E. H. Brenner, Kate Ornsen, Rita Paddock, Jurgen Raymond and Sidney Winn

Proceedings of the international conference on scientific information. 1959. National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council. Washington, D.C. 2 vols., 1635 p pp. 61-62

I. H. Jenks and Mortimer Taube

Automatic language translation. By Anthony G. Oettinger. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1960. Pp. xix + 380. $10.00 pp. 62-63

Mortimer Taube

News notes pp. 75-77

Robert S. Casey

Letters to the editor pp. 78-78

Karol Maichel