Personal bibliographical indexes and their computerisation   Richard Heeks     ISBN 0 947568 11 5 1986 £18.00/US$34.00     Order this book   Recommend to library   Back   Home

CONTENTS     INTRODUCTION     PRESENT INDEXING PRACTICE   1. Physical details 2. Usage of indexes 3. Researchers without current bibliographic indexes 4. Learning and choosing of indexing methods by PhD researchers     THE POSSIBILITIES AND PERCEPTION OF COMPUTERISATION AS A SOLUTION TO INDEXING PROBLEMS   1. Current problems 2. Attitudes to computerisation     ALTERNATIVE INDEXING METHODS - POSSIBILITIES   1. Non-computer methods 2. Availability of computing resources 3. Current computer usage 4. Desire for change     THE REALITY OF COMPUTERISATION - SIX INDEX PROGRAMS     COMPUTERISATION AS A REALITY   1. Problems encountered when setting up a computerised index 2. The problem of providing subject access to indexes 3. Problems encountered when using a computerised index     COST COMPARISONS BETWEEN MANUAL AND COMPUTERISED INDEXES     RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS - A SUMMARY