College of Arts and Social Sciences
[INFORMATION STUDIES]
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INDEXING & ABSTRACTING
INFO 3430
Course File
I. COURSE FILE SUMMARY
1. COURSE INFORMATION
College/Institute/Centre
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department
INFORMATION STUDIES
Program Title
BA
Semester\Year
2015
Program Code
Course Title
English
Course Code
INDEXING & ABSTRACTING
INFO 3430
Course Type
Mandatory
Arabic
Pre Requisites
Teaching Language
Arabic & English
Credit Hours
3
Lecture
--2--- (Weekly)
Practical/Fieldwork --2--- (Weekly)
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Teaching Hours
Teaching Weeks
Number of students
Lecture
Practical/Fieldwork
Number of Students dropped
1
Total
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57
57
57
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2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTION
ARABIC COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course highlights the concepts of
Indexing, Abstracting, and Thesauruses
and their importance in the areas of Subject
Analysis and Information Retrieval
Systems. It highlights the types of Indexes,
especially (Book, text, and bibliographic
Indexes).
It also addresses Abstracts by focusing on:
their types, their elements, good quality
abstracts, the access points to abstracts and
computer applications in the preparation of
abstracts.
The course also addresses the subject of
Computational Linguistics and its
applications in the production of
Thesauruses.
The course supports teaching on practical
applications in the characterization and
evaluation of the different types of indexes
and abstracts
3. COURSE AIM
Provide students with important information about modern indexing and abstracting
from various aspects, and development of the students’ practical skills.
4. COURSE OBJECTIVES
* Definition of the concepts of indexing, abstracting, and their place in the
information cycle.
* Their relationship to the process of setting bibliographic subject analysis.
* Study the impact of the nature of the document on the indexing process (books,
periodicals, encyclopedias, newspapers, scientific reports, maps, Bibliography).
* The impact on indexing of the nature of the subject (scientific, musical
terminology, literary texts, symbols).
* Curricula and methods of arranging the entries, referrals, indexing tools, with
emphasis on the importance and thesauruses and types.
* Training on methods of indexing and abstracting, with practical applications in
the preparation of indexes and abstracts
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5. COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Will produce graduates with a new set of competencies based on the preparation
of indexes and abstracts of all kinds
6. LECTURES SCHEDULE
WEEK
TOPIC
1
Concept of the index, The nature and characteristics of Indexes, definition
of the indexing process
2
 Abstracts definition, ،Definition of the Abstracting process، the
characteristics of the Abstracting process
 Fundamental points of difference between indexing and
Abstracting, the motives and justifications for indexing and
Abstracting.
 Importance of abstracting
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4
5
6
7
8
9
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Types of Indexes
Book Indexes, definition of book Indexes, differences between book
Indexes and the List of Contents.
 Training to prepare book Indexes.
Index texts (Concordances).
Definition of Index texts, motivated preparation of Index texts and their
importance,
Examples of Index texts.
Training in preparation of Index texts
Bibliographic Indexes
Definition of Bibliographic indexes
Types of Bibliographic indexes.
Bibliographic Indexes by types of information sources :
 a- Journals Indexes
 b- Theses Indexes
 c- Conferences Indexes
 d- Patent documents Indexes
 e- Documentation standards Indexes
 f- Bibliographic Indexes in terms of time coverage
 g- Bibliographic Indexes in terms of subject coverage
 h- Bibliographic indexes in terms of the nature of entrances and
organization.
 i- Bibliographic indexes in terms of the nature of related issues
 j- Bibliographic indexes in terms of the setting method
 k- Keyword Indexes(Key Word in Context, Key Word Out of
Context)
 l- Citation Indexes
Procedures of Indexes Preparation
3
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Abstracting
Types of abstracting , Importance of abstracting, Abstract components.
Abstract content, Good Abstract specifications. Procedures of abstracts
Preparation
Channels broadcast abstracts, Computer use in abstracting,
Concept of automated abstracts, Procedures of automated abstracts
Preparation.
Computational Linguistics, Current and projected processing for language
applications
Thesauruses mechanism
Presentation and discussion of students' work deals in automated indexes
Final Exam
Final Exam
7. TEACHING STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
Teaching Method
Teaching Media
 Use of lecture style
 Use of PowerPoint slides
 Use of student self-learning style
 Access to the Internet to search
and discussion
for various sites that provide
 Use of practical applications in
indexes and abstracts
the evaluation and preparation of
Indexes and Abstracts
8. GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
POINTS
15%
15%
5%
5%
10%
50%
WRITTEN
ORAL
TERM PAPER
QZ 1
QZ 2
Index evaluation&
Preparation
assessments
Abstracts
evaluation&
Preparation
asssessments
E- Indexes Projects
Final Exam
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CONTINUOUS
9. COURSE RULES
Attendance
Attendance at class is mandatory. Course Instructors should keep attendance records. An
"absentee warning notice" will be issued if a student is absent for:
• More than 10% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 5% in courses with 75 or more total contact hours.
An "absentee withdrawal notice" will be issued and the student will be deemed to have
withdrawn from the course with an 'FW' grade if a student is absent for:
• More than 20% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 15% in courses with 75 to 150 total contact hours.
• More than 10% of total contact hours for courses with more than 150 total
contact hours.
10. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION
English Reference Books
1- Kuang-hua Chen. Indexing and
Abstracting :Vocabulary Control.
http://www.lis.ntu.edu.tw/~khchen/course
/ia/slide/ia200302.pdf
Arabic Reference Books
1-Introduction to Library and
Information Science (book) by Sabah M.
Kallow & Jasim Jirjis
2-Introduction to Indexing &
Abstracting( book) by Hishmet Kasim.
3- Information Services (book) by
Hishmet Kasim
PowerPoint Lectures
http://waqfeya.com/book.php?bid=1237
http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/educationindex
http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/libr
ary-literature-information-science-inde
Lecture Notes/Hand-outs
Electronic Materials, Web Sites etc.
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