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LIS526 SEARCHING ONLINE INFORMATION SYSTEMS - HANSON
DIALOG INDEX ASSIGNMENT
Part I - Prepare Basic and Additional Indexes
Part II - Answer Questions
Part I Prepare Basic and Additional Indexes - Short Instructions:
1.
Below is a LINEAR FILE containing four records from the ERIC database.
2.
Prepare a Basic Index and Additional Indexes for the LINEAR FILE.
3.
Follow the Bluesheet information for ERIC on what fields should be indexed, the
type of content they contain, and the type of indexing to be used for each field.
4.
DO NOT Phrase Index the CS field; Phrase Indexing is rare for the CS field, so
only Word Index the CS field.
5.
DO NOT index the entire Abstract; in order to reduce your workload, index only
the first two sentences of the Abstract!
6.
The completed Indexes should be similar to the Indexes we completed in class as
shown in the document:
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/spring05/lis526a/logindex_complete.doc
7.
Submit only the completed Indexes, you do not need to submit any of the
preparatory steps.
8.
Also submit any comments or explanations you wish to make about your completed
indexes.
Part I Longer Instructions and Comments:
1. Study the ERIC Bluesheet
First, study the Bluesheet for the ERIC database, File 1 to learn how Dialog has chosen to
index this database. The Bluesheet gives example records and lists each field used, the
field code/tag, how the field is indexed, the type of content found in the field, and how the
field is searched.
2. You Will Use the Same Type of Indexing as Shown in the Bluesheet
You will use the same fields and types of indexing that Dialog has chosen, with one
exception. The Bluesheet indicates that in ERIC, the CS field is both Word and Phrase
Indexed; however it is very unusual and not very helpful for the CS field to be Phrase
Indexed, so you will WORD INDEX ONLY THE CS FIELD, do not attempt to Phrase Index the
CS field.
3. You Will Index Every Field Used in the Linear File Records
In our class example, we did not include every field in the Indexes we created; for example,
we omitted fields such as AV and RN. But for this assignment, you will indeed index every
field that you find in the records. Notice that some of the information in the
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records is not indexed. For example, the number of pages information is not included in
any field. The JN field includes the name of the journal, but the issue, volume and page
information is not included in the JN field, as you can see in the Bluesheet.
Indexing every field in the records will make this assignment more interesting than the
examples we completed in class, because you will be unfamiliar with some of the fields, the
type of content they contain, and how they are indexed.
4. Analyze and Mark the Linear File Records
Study the Linear File records and mark all the fields to be indexed with their field tags and
the type of indexing to be used.
5. Number the Content of the Word Indexed Fields
As we did in class, number each word within the fields that will be Word Indexed.
6. Extract the Field Contents Into a Word Processing File
In class, we prepared the indexes gradually, first TI, then AB, then DE and ID, then the
Additional Indexes. You can use this method, or you can extract all the contents for each
record before going on to the next record.
The most important aspect of the assignment is to analyze the fields and types of indexing
correctly according to the Bluesheet information, and to extract the field contents correctly.
You will be graded most on your correct analysis of the fields, the types of indexing to be
used and correct extraction of the field contents according to the type of indexing and the
examples given in the Bluesheet.
7. Try Viewing the Dialog Index
If you have questions about how a field should be extracted, you can login to Dialog, begin
in File 1, and Expand to view how Dialog has extracted the contents of that field into the
Index. You may find this especially helpful for the Document Type (DT) field. We have said
in class that any punctuation, spaces, etc that appear in a field are all extracted together as
a unit when the field is Phrase Indexed. However, you will notice that the Document Type
field includes some numbers and punctuation that is visible in the Linear File record, but
which Dialog did not extract into the index! Indexing the DT field correctly may seem
tricky, but the information about how to do it in the same way Dialog has done is there in
the Bluesheet! Dialog apparently has its own convention about how to index the DT field
which does not follow exactly the ‘rule’ about how to do Phrase Indexing.
8. Include Address Information
As the contents of each field is extracted, also include the document number, the field tag
and the position number of each word or phrase as we did in class.
9. Sort the Entries
Use your word processor SORT function to sort the entries alphabetically. If the sort is not
completely accurate, fix the errors manually.
10. Consolidate Duplications
Consolidate the duplicate entries of each word or phrase unit, and consolidate the multiple
appearances of the words/phrases as we did in class. It is fine if you prefer to use different
formatting for the address information, such as dashes instead of slashes, etc.
DIALOG INDEX ASSIGNMENT - LINEAR FILE
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DIALOG(R)File 1:ERIC
(c) format only 2004 The Dialog Corporation. All rts. reserv.
00796050 ERIC NO.: ED343614 CLEARINGHOUSE NO.: IR053991
A National Survey on Manpower in Libraries, Information Centers and
Archives in Thailand.
Siriwongworawat, Suwakhon;
CORP. SOURCE: National Library of Thailand, Bangkok. (BBB29682)
89pp.
1991 (19910000)
NOTES: Several charts contain light type and will copy poorly.
SPONSORING AGENCY: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and
the Pacific. (BBB26299)
EDRS Price MF01/PC04 Plus Postage.
LANGUAGE: Thai; English
DOCUMENT TYPE: 143 (Reports--Research); 171 (Multilingual/bilingual
materials)
RECORD TYPE: ABSTRACT
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: Thailand
JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: RIEAUG1992
GOVERNMENT: Foreign
This report presents the results of a national survey on manpower in
libraries, information centers, and archives in Thailand in both Thai and
English. On November 26, 1987, 2,350 questionnaires were sent to 8 types of
libraries, information centers, and archives: public libraries, national
libraries, university libraries, college libraries, school libraries,
special libraries, the National Archives, and training institutions. By the
beginning of March 1988, 969 responses had been received. The questionnaire
elicited data on: (1) the number of staff employed, vacant posts, total
posts; (2) number leaving jobs; (3) number joining library service; (4)
staff receiving training; (5) net growth in posts; (6) rates of wastage and
re-entry of professional, para-professional, and clerical staff; (7)
short-term and medium-term supply and demand of professional staff,
para-professional staff, clerical staff; and (8) output from training
institutions. Background information on the concerns and problems that
libraries, information services, and archives are facing is also provided.
Concluding the report are the National Library of Thailand's
recommendations to improve the library workforce situation. Appendices,
including a copy of the questionnaire, are in Thai. (6 references in Thai,
2 in English, and 1 in both languages) (MAB)
DESCRIPTORS: Academic Libraries; *Archives; Elementary Secondary Education;
Foreign Countries; Government Libraries; *Labor Force; Learning Resources
Centers; * Library Education ; *Library Personnel; *Library Surveys;
National Libraries; National Surveys; Postsecondary Education; Public
Libraries; Questionnaires; School Libraries; Special Libraries
IDENTIFIERS: *Thailand
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DIALOG(R)File 1:ERIC
(c) format only 2004 The Dialog Corporation. All rts. reserv.
00940897 ERIC NO.: EJ539652 CLEARINGHOUSE NO.: IR534377
Engineering Courseware Content and Delivery: The NEEDS Infrastructure for
Distant Independent Education.
Wood, William H., III; Agogino, Alice M.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science , v47 n11
p863-69 Nov 1996
1996 (19960000)
ISSN: 0002-8231
LANGUAGE: English
DOCUMENT TYPE: 80 (Journal articles); 141 (Reports--Descriptive)
RECORD TYPE: ABSTRACT
JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: CIJJUL1997
Explains NEEDS (National Engineering Education Delivery System), an
infrastructure developed by the Synthesis Engineering Education Coalition
to disseminate computer-based multimedia courseware over the Internet for
distant independent education. Topics include supporting curricular change,
an example of available material, and exploratory learning. (LRW)
DESCRIPTORS: *Computer Assisted Instruction; Consortia; *Courseware;
Curriculum Development; Discovery Learning; * Distance Education ;
*Engineering Education; Higher Education; Information Dissemination;
Internet; Multimedia Materials
IDENTIFIERS: Examples; *National Engineering Education Delivery System
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DIALOG(R)File 1:ERIC
(c) format only 2004 The Dialog Corporation. All rts. reserv.
00980274 ERIC NO.: ED413872 CLEARINGHOUSE NO.: IR018622
Preparing Tomorrow's Health Sciences Librarians: Feasibility and Marketing
Studies. Final Report.
Moran, Barbara B.;
CORP. SOURCE: North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. School of Information and
Library Sciences. (BBB34633)
233pp.
September 1997 (19970900)
SPONSORING AGENCY: National Library of Medicine (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD.
(BBB19940)
CONTRACT/GRANT NO.: 1-T15-LMO7113-01
EDRS Price MF01/PC10 Plus Postage.
LANGUAGE: English
DOCUMENT TYPE: 141 (Reports--Descriptive)
RECORD TYPE: ABSTRACT
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: U.S.; North Carolina
JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: RIEAPR1998
With the support of a planning grant from the National Library of
Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of
Information and Library Science (SILS), in collaboration with the UNC
Health Sciences Library and the Program in Medical Informatics, evaluated
five curricular models designed to improve education for health sciences
librarianship. These models fit into a continual learning process from the
initial professional preparation to lifelong learning opportunities, with
the aim of enabling health sciences librarians to respond to their evolving
roles in a rapidly changing environment. Three of the models enhanced
existing degree and certificate programs in SILS with a health sciences
specialization, and two were new programs for working information
professionals. The study conducted data collection and analysis through
feasibility and market studies to determine the potential success of each
of the five approaches. Models were developed for each of the programs with
input from experts and a Delphi study, the marketability of the models was
tested through surveys of potential students and employers, and
recommendations were made as a guide to implementation. Appendices
comprising more than half the document include: rosters; expert advisory
group meeting; expert interviews; Delphi study round one; Delphi study
round two; market surveys of applicants, paraprofessionals, mid-career
professionals, and employers; student focus group questions; program
proposals; course offerings; and budget report. (Author/SWC)
DESCRIPTORS: Curriculum Development; *Curriculum Evaluation; Educational
Objectives; Educational Quality; Information Science Education; * Library
Education ; Library Schools; Lifelong Learning; *Medical Libraries;
Medical Research; Models; *Professional Training; Program Evaluation;
*Relevance (Education); Surveys
IDENTIFIERS: Grant Recipients; Health Sciences; National Library of
Medicine MD; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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DIALOG(R)File 1:ERIC
(c) format only 2004 The Dialog Corporation. All rts. reserv.
01114153 ERIC NO.: EJ638896 CLEARINGHOUSE NO.: CS761823
Community Development among Distance Learners: Temporal and Technological
Dimensions.
Haythornthwaite, Caroline; Kazmer, Michelle M.; Robins, Jennifer
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication , v6 n1 Sep 2000
2000 (20000000)
ISSN: 1083-6101
AVAILABLE FROM: The Annenberg School for Communication, the University of
Southern California. Full text at:
http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue1/haythornthwaite.html.
LANGUAGE: English
DOCUMENT TYPE: 80 (Journal articles); 143 (Reports--Research)
RECORD TYPE: ABSTRACT
JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: CIJJUN2002
Explores social support and community development among 17 members of a
computer-supported distance learning program. Reveals the importance of
community and its role in supporting the students. Recommends promoting
initial bonding, monitoring and supporting continued interaction and
participation, and providing multiple means of communication to support the
need to engage in work and social interaction, both publicly and privately.
(RS)
DESCRIPTORS: Communication Research; *Computer Mediated Communication;
*Distance Education; Higher Education; *Interpersonal Communication;
*Interpersonal Relationship; *Student Attitudes
IDENTIFIERS: *Communication Behavior
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DIALOG INDEX ASSIGNMENT - Part II Answer Questions
The purpose of this part of the assignment is to be part quiz, part drill on your
understanding of index construction and how it affects searching. (If you like crossword
puzzles, maybe you’ll love it?)
Instructions
1. Use the Table Below
Questions are included in the table below. Insert your answers into the spaced provided.
2. Refer to the Example Indexes Completed in Class
Answer the following questions referring to the example Basic/Additional Indexes we
completed in class [http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/spring05/lis526a/logindex_complete.doc] These
questions are not about the Indexes you have just created!
Expand Example
b 435
? e informati
Ref
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
E10
E11
E12
Items Index-term
2 INFORMART
1 INFORMASJONSTEKNOLOGI
0 *INFORMATI
1 INFORMATIC
2 INFORMATICA
3 INFORMATICHE
9 INFORMATICS
4 INFORMATIK
7400 INFORMATION
3 INFORMATION APPLIANCES
14 INFORMATION DESIGN
11 INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEMS
? e automation
Ref
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
E10
E11
E12
Items Index-term
2 AUTOMATICS
15 AUTOMATING
151 *AUTOMATION
4 AUTOMATIQUE
1 AUTOMATISATION
1 AUTOMATISCHE
1 AUTOMATISCHEN
58 AUTOMATISM
24 AUTOMATISM (MOVEMENT)
2 AUTOMATISME
1 AUTOMATISMI
2 AUTOMATISMS
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Questions on Expand
It is important to understand how to use the Expand command to display the Index
beginning at an appropriate point. As in the example just above, when you use the
Expand command, Dialog scans the Index for the term you typed, finds it and displays the
list at that point, or if the term is not found, displays the list at the point where that term
would have appeared. If that term does not exist in the Index, you will see zero in the
“Items’ column and E4 will show the next closest entry to the term you typed. Your goal
in using Expand is to see the Index with the term of interest shown in E3 or E4. For the
following questions, if you could Expand the Index we created in class, what would Dialog
display as lines E3 and E4 of the Index in response to the following Expand commands?
In other words, where would Dialog “place you” in the Index display? The first two
questions are answered for you as examples.
Expand Command
Entry Shown
at E3
#Hits
for E3
Entry Shown at
E4
#Hits
for E3
Is the
Command
Syntax
Correct?
e analyzes
analyzes
1
approach
1
Yes
e discuss
discuss
0
discusses
1
Yes
e professional
e donor
e informa
e librar?
e professional/de
e au=bruce
e bruce
e cp=west vir
e west vir
e jn=librar?
e cs=france/de
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Questions on Select
For each Select command, list the number of hits found and the accession numbers of the
records. Answers are give for the first two as examples. Shorten the accession numbers
like this: 00766363 = 76
01156288 = 15
00792829 = 79
01169839 = 16
Select Command
# Hits
Record Numbers
s discuss
0
0
s discusses
1
15
s and
s elementary
s elementary secondary
s elementary secondary education
s elementary and secondary
s elementary secondary?
s librarians and attitudes
s librarians and credentials
s foreign countries
s survey?
s personnel or staff
s (personnel or staff) and survey?
s personnel or staff and survey?
s survey? and staff or personnel
s library role and information
literacy
s elementary/ti
s education/ab and state/ab
s education(w)state
s information(w)needs
s information(w)needs/ab
s information(w)needs/ti
s information(n)needs/ti,ab
s information(w)need
s information/de,id
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s fulltillment/de,id
s global/ti
s global/ti,id,de
s global and local
s (global and local)/ti,id,de
s user needs information
s user needs (information)
s user(w)needs
s information(w)needs
s information literacy
s information(w)literacy/ti
s library education
s education(w)library/de
s au=lamson m
s au=lamson(w)marc
s au=lamson, marc
s au=lamso?
s jn=education(1w)information
s jn=education for inf?
s cs=paris and cs=france
s cs=paris and france
s cs=information and needs/ti
s sn=011678329
s washington or sp=washington
s rn=pgi?
s rn=pgi and rn=ws
s rn=pgi and ws