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crl-11030	Shaw, Ralph R.	Machine Literature Searching (Book Review)	1956	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2036	79	55	For complete free catalog write to: F O L K W A Y S R E C O R D S 1 1 7 West 4 6 t h St. • New Y o r k 3 6 , N. Y . 452 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES The first chapter deals with the general background material and outlines machines searching requirements; the second covers the intellectual problems involved in prepar- ing material for machine searching and the types of indexing; the third, the conversion of indexes to make them more suitable for machines handling; the fourth, the methods used by the authors in collecting terms; the fifth, the method developed by the authors for attempting to systematize terminology for code development so that the specific terms will all be joined with generic broader terms; the sixth, the method for constructing a code to increase the effectiveness of machine searching; the seventh, the need for deter- mining uses to be made of the information so that the level of headings can be made suitable; the eighth, definition of the opera- tional criteria for determining whether a re- trieval system is efficient and evaluation of the retrieval system; the ninth, the operational characteristics of searching machines includ- ing such characteristics as ability to identify one or more patterns, interpretation of cer- tain patterns denoting the beginning and end of an organized sequence, ability to han- dle generic relationships as well as specifics, detection of logical relationships between criteria, etc.; the tenth and final essay in the reprinted group is a discussion of the factors underlying development of machine lan- guage.	cache/crl-11030.pdf	txt/crl-11030.txt