Journal of Documentation: Volume 36 Issue 1

THE PUBLISHING OF SCHOLARLY MONOGRAPHS

P.H. MANN

Monographs are conventionally books which report specialized research work to a restricted readership. The publishing of such books requires special publishing skills of both an…

SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR MATHEMATICAL LITERATURE

WINFRIED GÖDERT

In this paper we will try to reach a twofold goal. First we will give an analysis of mathematical terminology in order to give practical hints for assigning subject headings to a…

DOCUMENTATION NOTES: SELECTION OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS: A MODEL

S.M. DHAWAN, S.K. PHULL, P. JAIN

The merits and demerits of existing techniques for the selection of journals are discussed. This discussion brings out the fact that the use of journals characterizes their…

STATUS AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS

F.N. TESKEY

This paper shows how a free text, Boolean‐type retrieval system can be used to provide a wide range of information processes. The paper describes the STATUS retrieval system…

PROGRESS IN DOCUMENTATION: MUSEUM DOCUMENTATION

D. ANDREW ROBERTS, RICHARD B. LIGHT

A survey of the current state of documentation practice in museums is presented. This concentrates on the broad themes of the practice, making comparisons with analogous library…