Display Media

Display Media

Contents

5.1. Paper.
5.1.1. Card Files.
5.1.2. Books.
5.1.3. Optical Coincidence (Peek-a-Boo) Retrieval on Cards.
5.2. Microforms.
5.3. Electronic Media.
5.3.1. Online Databases.
5.3.2. CD-ROM and Other Machine-Readable Disks.
5.3.3. World-Wide Web.
5.4. Codes and Symbols.
5.5. Our Examples.
5.5.1. A Book Index.
5.5.2. An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
5.5.3. A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
● 1 IR databases as messages, texts, and documents

● 2 impact of media on design options for IR databases

● 3 text options for IR databases

● 4 media options for IR databases

5.1. Paper.

● 5 paper as favored medium for IR databases

● 6 paper formats for IR databases

5.1.1. Card Files.

● 7 card files as favored medium for IR databases

● 8 disadvantages of card files as medium for IR databases

● 9 views of Baker (Nicholson) on card catalogs

5.1.2. Books.

● 10 advantages of books as medium for IR databases

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● 12 advantages of paper as medium for reading

● 13 reading versus searching on electronic media

● 14 paper versus electronic media as media for IR databases

● 15 cost of electronic media versus paper

● 16 electronic media as standard for IR databases

● 17 paper as medium for special types of IR databases

5.1.3. Optical Coincidence (Peek-a-Boo) Retrieval on Cards.

● 18 postcoordinate indexing systems on paper media

● 19 peek-a-boo (optical coincidence) retrieval systems

● 20 boolean searches on peek-a-boo (optical coincidence) retrieval systems

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5.2. Microforms.

● 22 computer-output microfilm as medium for IR databases

5.3. Electronic Media.

● 23 unit of manipulation in IR databases

● 24 unit of manipulation in electronic media

● 25 non-displayed searching in electronic media

● 26 types of electronic media for IR databases

5.3.1. Online Databases.

● 27

5.3.2. CD-ROM and Other Machine-Readable Disks.

● 28

5.3.3. World-Wide Web.

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5.4. Codes and Symbols.

● 30 nature of codes and symbols for texts

● 31 varieties of codes and symbols for texts

● 32 codes and symbols for IR databases

5.5. Our Examples.

5.5.1. A Book Index.

● 33 multimedia for book indexes

5.5.2. An Indexing and Abstracting Service.

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5.5.3. A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.