Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Volume 37

Volume 37, Number 1, January 1986

Articles

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  Miranda Lee Pao:
  An empirical examination of Lotka's law. 26-33

Research

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  Alan Griffiths, H. Claire Luckhurst, Peter Willett:
  Using interdocument similarity information in document retrieval systems. 3-11
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  Frances L. Grant, Robert G. Main:
  Curriculum 1984: Meeting the needs of the information age. 12-19
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  Manoranjan Mahapatra, Subal Chandra Biswas:
  Interdependence of PRECIS role operators: A quantitiative analysis of their associations. 20-25
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  Miranda Lee Pao:
  An empirical examination of Lotka's Law. 26-33
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  Terrence A. Brooks:
  Evidence of complex citer motivations. 34-36
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  Raya Fidel:
  Towards expert systems for the selection of search keys. 37-44
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  Ching-Chih Chen:
  Professor Philip Morse: In memoriam. 45-46

Book Reviews

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  Tillie Krieger:
  An introduction to online searching. 47
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  James Krikelas:
  The user friendliness of the library catalog. 47-48
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  William B. Frakes:
  Information and misinformation: An investigation of the notions of information, misinformation, informing, and misinforming. 48-49
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  Gavriel Salvendy:
  Measuring productivity: Trends and comparisons from the First International Productivity Symposium. 49
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  Kathleen M. Heim:
  Professional competencies - technology and the librarian. 49
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  Kathleen M. Heim:
  Atypical careers and innovative services in library and information science. 49-50

Volume 37, Number 2, March 1986

Editorial

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  Donald H. Kraft:
  An editorial statement: In search of good papers and scholarship. 55-56

Research

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  Ben Shneiderman:
  Designing menu selection systems. 57-70
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  W. Bruce Croft:
  Boolean queries and term dependencies in probabilistic retrieval models. 71-77
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  Reginald P. Coady:
  A comparison of single book renewals by subject and patron status for similar rates of renewal and return. 78-85

European Research Letters

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  David Ellis:
  Social science information research. 86-88

Book Reviews

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  Terrence A. Brooks:
  Videodisc and optical digital disk technologies and their applications in libraries. 89
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  Arie Zvieli:
  Query processing in database systems. 89
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  Lee Shiflett:
  University science and engineering libraries. 90
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  Bert R. Boyce:
  Subject access systems, alternatives in design. 90-91
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  Christine L. Borgman:
  Retrospective conversion. 91
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  Duncan A. Buell:
  Supercomputers and parallel computation. 91-92
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  Leah H. Siegel:
  The microcomputer user's guide to information online. 92
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  Douglas C. Moore:
  The Wordtree. 92-94

Editor's Notes

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  Donald H. Kraft:
  Editor's Note. 96

Volume 37, Number 3, May 1986

Research

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  Henry Small:
  The synthesis of specialty narratives from co-citation clusters. 97-110
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  Katherine W. McCain:
  Cocited author mapping as a valid representation of intellectual structure. 111-122
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  Uttam Mukhopadhyay, Larry M. Stephens, Michael N. Huhns, Ronald D. Bonnell:
  An intelligent system for document retrieval in distributed office environments. 123-135
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  Danny P. Wallace:
  The relationship between journal productivity and obsolescence. 136-145
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  Michael A. Shepherd, William J. Phillips:
  The profile-query relationship. 146-152
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  Francis W. Wolek:
  Managerial support and the use of information services. 153-157
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  Bipin C. Desai, Pankaj Goyal, Fereidoon Sadri:
  A data model for use with formatted and textual data. 158-165

Brief Communications

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  Timothy C. Craven:
  A bracket-based coding scheme for source descriptions in string indexing. 166-168

Book Reviews

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  Stephen J. Bensman:
  Essays of an information scientist. 169
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  Bert R. Boyce:
  Online database search directory. 170
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  Andrew Abarbanel:
  Adaptive control of ill-defined systems. 171
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  Bert R. Boyce:
  Online information systems use and operating characteristics, limitations, and design alternatives. 171-172
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  F. Aghazadeh:
  Ergonomic data for equipment design. 172-173
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  Anthony Debons:
  Information seeking: Assessing and anticipating user needs. 173
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  Ronald Garay:
  Television's window on the world: International affairs coverage on the U.S. networks. 173-174
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  Tillie Krieger:
  Computer-readable databases: A directory and data sourcebook. 174
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  Robert Berk:
  Introduction to reference sources in the health sciences. 174-176
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  Bert R. Boyce:
  Fee-based services in sci-tech libraries. 176

Volume 37, Number 4, July 1986

Perspectives on ... Online Searching

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  Lois F. Lunin, Donald T. Hawkins:
  Introduction and overview. 179-182
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  M. Lynne Neufeld, Martha Cornog:
  Database history: From dinosaurs to compact discs. 183-190
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  Tamas E. Doszkocs:
  Natural language processing in information retrieval. 191-196
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  Marydee Ojala:
  Views on end-user searching. 197-203
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  Martha E. Williams:
  Transparent information systems through gateways, front ends, intermediaries, and interfaces. 204-214
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  Christopher J. Fox:
  Future generation information systems. 215-219
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  Donald T. Hawkins:
  Online information retrieval reading list. 220-221

Research

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  Baruch Fischhoff, Donald MacGregor:
  Calibrating databases. 222-233
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  Winifred Sewell, Sandra Teitelbaum:
  Observations of end-user online searching behavior over eleven years. 234-245
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  Leo Egghe:
  The dual of Bradford's law. 246-255
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  Eugene Wall:
  An objective method of "weeding" bibliographic databases. 256-260
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  Belver C. Griffith, Howard D. White, M. Carl Drott, Jerry D. Saye:
  Tests of methods for evaluating bibliographic databases: An analysis of the National Library of Medicine's handling of literatures in the medical behavioral sciences. 261-270

Book Reviews

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  Danny P. Wallace:
  The library manager's guide to automation. 271-272
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  Bert R. Boyce:
  Authority work: The creation, use, maintenance, and evaluation of authority records and files. 272
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  Claudia Testemale:
  Fuzzy relational databases - a key to expert systems. 272-273
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  G. Sharma:
  Spread spectrum communications. 273-274
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  G. Sharma:
  Elements of digital satellite communication. 274
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  Bert R. Boyce:
  Redesign of catalogs and indexes for improved online subject access: Selected papers of Pauline A. Cochrane. 275
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  Danny P. Wallace:
  Integrated online library systems: Principles, planning and implementation. 275-276
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  Robert G. Picard:
  Reporters under fire: U.S. media coverage of conflicts in Lebanon and Central America. 276
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  Daniel K. Blewett:
  Encyclopedia of Associations, 1986. 276-277
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  Bert R. Boyce:
  How to write a usable user manual. 277-278
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  Smittie Bolner:
  Business publications index and abstracts. 278
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  Smittie Bolner:
  Business Publications Index and Abstracts. Detroit: Gale; 1983-Monthly with annual cumulations. 278

Volume 37, Number 5, September 1986

Research

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  Vijay V. Raghavan, S. K. Michael Wong:
  A critical analysis of vector space model for information retrieval. 279-287
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  F. A. Musa:
  A system for processing bilingual Arabic/English text. 288-293
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  Susan Wiedenbeck:
  Organization of programming knowledge of novices and experts. 294-299
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  Dennis Hollenberg:
  Information processes. I. Hierarchical information systems. 300-306
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  Ye-Sho Chen, Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler:
  A relationship between Lotka's Law, Bradford's Law, and Zipf's Law. 307-314
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  Kathleen A. Hansen:
  The effect of presearch experience on the success of naive (end-user) searches. 315-318
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  Max Henrion, M. Granger Morgan, Indira Nair, Charles Wiecha:
  Evaluating an information system for policy modeling and uncertainty analysis. 319-330
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  Elaine Svenonius:
  Unanswered questions in the design of controlled vocabularies. 331-340

Brief Communications

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  Etienne E. Kerre, Rembrand B. R. C. Zenner, Rita M. M. De Caluwe:
  The use of fuzzy set theory in information retrieval and databases: A survey. 341-345
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  William M. Shaw Jr.:
  On the foundation of evaluation. 346-348

Book Reviews

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  Donald Clay Johnson:
  The library in the information revolution: Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians, Singapore 30 May-3 June 1983. 349
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  Duncan A. Buell:
  The first freedom today. 349-351
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  Tau Chen:
  Modeling and analysis of computer communications networks. 351-352
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  Bush Jones:
  Architecture of systems problem solving. 352
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  Lee Shiflett:
  Antiquarian bookselling in the United States: A history from the origins to the 1940s. 352-353

Letters to the Editors

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  Marilyn M. Levine, C. D. Hurt, William E. McGrath, Jean E. Crampon, Martha Cornog:
  Letters to the editor. 354-356

Volume 37, Number 6, November 1986

Research

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  Marcia J. Bates:
  Subject access in online catalogs: A design model. 357-376
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  Elfreda A. Chatman:
  Diffusion theory: A review and test of a conceptual model in information diffusion. 377-386
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  Christine L. Borgman:
  Why are online catalogs hard to use? Lessons learned from information-retrieval studies. 387-400

Perspectives on ... Telecommunications: Principles, Developments, Prospects

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  Lois F. Lunin, Larry L. Learn:
  Introduction and overview. 401-404
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  Charles T. Meadow:
  Networks and distributed information services. 405-408

Perspectives on ... Telecommunications: Perspectives, Developments, Prospects

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  Keith E. Bernard:
  Regulatory development in the U.S. 409-413
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  Arthur E. Sherman:
  Trends in telecommunications technology. 414-417

Perspectives on ... Telecommunications: Principles, Developments, Prospects

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  Wayne E. Davison:
  The international telecommunications environment. 418-422

Perspectives on ... Telecommunications: Perspectives, Developments, Prospects

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  Richard Dick:
  Views on telecommunications: Implications for the future. 423-428

Perspectives on ... Telecommunications: Principles, Developments, Prospects

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  Charles E. Gibson:
  The teleprocessing environment. 429-435