Curriculum Design & Instruction To Teach Library Science - Indexing & Abstracting

Curriculum Design and Instruction to Teach

Library Science: Indexing & Abstracting:









Author: Charles Hayes:



Special Features Include:

Phases for Conducting a Needs Assessment:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
Curriculum Design Plan:
Curriculum Design Goals:
Curriculum Design Objectives:
Instructional Goals:
Instruction Objectives:
Instruction Activities:
Instruction Evaluation Techniques:
Lesson Plans:
Standard Vocabulary:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
A Limited Glimpse:


Topics Include:

@ An Introduction to Indexing and

Abstracting

I. Introduction:

1. Purpose:

2. Related Books:

3. Historical Background:

4. Definitions:

5. Suggested Readings:

@ The Nature of Information:

I. Introduction:

1. What Is Information:

A. The Evolution of Mechanisms for Information

Preservation and Transmittal:

B. A National Resource:

C. The Information Cycle:

D. The Structure of Information:

2. Relationship of Indexing, Abstracting,

and Searching:

3. Indexing Versus Classification:

4. Files and File Searching:

A. General Concepts:

B. The Searching Procedure:

C. Boolean Searches:

D. Alternative Methods:

E. Suggested Readings:

@ The Nature and Types of Indexes:

I. Introduction:

1. Arrangement of Indexes:

2. Levels of Indexing:

A. Word and Name Indexes:

B. Book Indexes:

C. Periodical Indexes:

D. Information Retrieval System Indexes:

3. Types of Indexes:

A. Author Indexes:

B. Alphabetical Subject Indexes:

C. Classified Indexes:

D. Coordinate Indexes:

E. Permuted Title Indexes:

F. Faceted Indexes:

G. Chain Indexes:

H. String Indexes:

I. Citation Indexes:

J. Suggested Readings:

@ Vocabulary Control:

I. Introduction:

1. General Nature of Indexing Languages:

2. Natural-Language Indexing:

3. The Need for Vocabulary Control:

A. Dictionary Requirements

B. Types of Index Terms:

C. Synonyms:

D. Homographs:

E. Generic Vocabularies:

F. Classification Vocabularies:

4. Authority Lists:

5. Vocabulary Generation:

A. Entry Vocabulary:

B. Expressiveness:

C. Vocabulary Growth:

6. The Thesaurus:

A. Construction:

(1) Steps in Thesaurus Construction:

(2) Term Relationships:

(3) Term Forms:

B. Updating:

C. Display:

7. Thesaurofacet:

8. Thesaurus Evaluation:

9. Examples:

10. Suggested Readings:

@ Indexing Methods and Procedures:

I. Introduction:

1. Indexing Rules:

2. Steps in Indexing:

A. Recording of Bibliographic Data:

C. Content Analysis:

D. Subject Determination:

E. Conversion to the Indexing Language:

F. Reexamination:

3. Choosing Descriptors:

A. Selection:

B. Entry Points:

C. Depth of Indexing:

E. Precision of Indexing:

F. Weighting:

H. Making the Choice:

4. Indexing Syntax:

A. General Problem:

B. Links and Roles:

5. Index Production:

A. The Mechanics:

B. Arrangement:

6. Indexing Specific Formats and Subjects:

A. Rationale:

B. Specific Subject Areas:

1. Science:

2. Medicine:

3. Law:

4. History:

5. Music:

C. Specific Formats:

1. Encyclopedias:

2. Newspapers:

3. Trade Literature:

D. Suggested Readings:

@ Book Indexes:

I. Introduction:

1. The Nature of Book Indexes:

2. Procedures:

3. Name Entries:

4. Subject Entries:

a. Analyzing Content:

b. Choosing Entries:

5. Form and Internal Guidance:

a. Saving Space:

b. References:

6. Other Points:

7. Suggested Readings:

@ Index Evaluation:

I. Introduction:

1. The General Problem:

2. Use of Information:

3. Categories of Use:

4. Relevance:

a. Problem Relevance:

b. Relevance Assessments:

c. Pertinence:

5. Recall and Precision:

a. The Effects of Exhaustivity and Specificity:

b. Ascertaining the Recall Quantity:

c. The Use of Recall and Precision:

6. Index Quality:

a. Subject Error:

b. Generic Searching:

c. Terminology:

d. Internal Guidance:

e. Accuracy in Referring:

f. Entry Scattering:

g. Entry Differentiation:

h. Spelling and Punctuation:

i. Filing:

j. Layout:

k. Cost:

l. Standards:

m. Reputation:

n. Suggested Readings:

@ The Nature and Types of Abstracts:

I. Introduction:

1. The Abstract and Its Use:

a. Use and Users:

b. Types of Material Abstracted:

2. Types of Abstracts:

a. By Internal Purpose:

b. By External Purpose:

c. By Author:

3. Limitations:

4. Suggested Readings:

@ Abstracting Methods and Procedures:

I. Introduction:

1. Steps in Abstracting:

2. Indexes to Abstracts:

3. Editing:

4. Managing Abstracting Operations:

5. Evaluation:

6. Suggested Readings:

@ Indexing and Abstracting A Document:

I. Introduction:

1. Example of a Technical Paper:

2. The Abstract:

3. Indexing the Document:

@ Automatic Methods:

I. Introduction:

1. Information Processing with Computers:

2. Automatic Indexing:

a. Word Frequencies:

b. Other Approaches:

3. Computer-assisted Indexing:

4. Changes in Indexing:

5. Automatic Abstracting:

6. Expert Systems:

7. Problems with Automatic Methods:

8. Suggested Readings:

@ Indexing and Abstracting Services:

I. Introduction:

1. Development and Growth:

2. Types of Databases:

3. Operations:

a. Types of Operations:

b. Policies and Procedures:

c. Dissemination:

e. Coverage:

4. Online Services:

a. Development:

b. The Industry:

c. Searching:

d. Some Related Problems:

5. Indexing for Online Database Retrieval:

6. Online Thesauri:

7. End-User Searching:

8. Suggested Readings:

@ Some Additional Topics:

I. Introduction:

1. Research:

2. Indexing Alternatives:

3. Professional Societies:

4. Careers:

5. Reference Tools for Indexing:

6. Suggested Readings:

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