Online Review: Volume 12 Issue 2

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Databases New STN databases. In conjunction with the opening of an STN service centre in Japan, STN introduced a new English‐language file on the STN network: JICST‐E (JICST File…

A comparison of knowledge‐based and statistically‐based techniques for reference retrieval

Stephen Wade, Peter Willett, Bruce Robinson, Brian Vickery, Alina Vickery

This paper reports on a comparative evaluation of two computerised reference retrieval systems, INSTRUCT and PLEXUS. Instruct is a statistically‐based system based on best match…

Telematics in France: Panorama and prospects

Marie Marchand

In 1972, the first laboratory prototypes were shown to the public, with a further fifteen years passing before the appearance of tangible economic results. French telematics…

Using Dialindex for the identification of online databases relevant to urban and regional planning

Anne Meyer Byler, Mary Ravenhall

Urban and regional planning is a multidisciplinary field. It encompasses issues such as growth management, transportation planning, housing, zoning, historic preservation…