Integrated information processing and the case for a national network

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Information Storage and Retrieval

Volume 4, Issue 2, June 1968, Pages 113-131

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Abstract

The various premises, which need consideration when developing a realistic and flexible information storage, retrieval and dissemination (ISRD) system, are discussed; their implication is illustrated with some examples from the development of the system at “Shell” Research, Sittingbourne,

One of the factors which will affect the satisfactory performance of an ISRD system is the ease with which relevant literature information not held in the system can be provided.

The latter part of the paper is devoted to a discussion of this problem and of a possible means of dealing with it in the not too distant future.

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Information Storage and Retrieval

Integrated information processing and the case for a national network

Abstract

Standards for computers and information processing

Adv. Comput.

CAS Today

The effectiveness of non-user relevance assessments

J. Docum.

Aslib Cranfield Research Project

Factors Determining the Performance of Indexing Systems

Weighted term search: a computer program for an inverted coordinate index on magnetic tape

J. chem. Docum.

Search strategy and the optimization of retrieval effectiveness

The design and testing of a fully automatic indexing/searching system for documents consisting of expository text

Comprehensive dissemination of current literature

Am. Docum.

Determining costs of information systems

J. chem. Docum.

Man versus machine for space probing

Adv. Comput.

Changes in computer performance

A photo-digital mass storage system

A straight forward and flexible design method for complex data-base management systems

Data Handling and Information Retrieval by Computer

Computer use in information and data handling: An appraisal of its economic aspects

Progress in documentation: The economics of computer-based information systems : A review

Problems in using external information services—attitudes of the special library and its users