Identification of important authors in science: A comparison of two methods of identification
Use of machine-readable databases to support a large SDI service
Browse and navigate: An advance in database access methods
Storing and retrieving word phrases
An algorithm for the calculation of exact term discrimination values
Storage and retrieval considerations of binary data bases
Library services in theory and context: M.K. Buckland. Pergamon Press, Elmsford, NY (1983), xii+ 203pp., $8.95 (Pb), ISBN 0-08-030133-9.
Microcomputers in libraries: C. Chen and S.E. Bessler(Eds). Neal-Schuman, New York (1982). v + 259 pp., $22.95 (PB), ISBN 0-918212-61-8.
The electronic library: H.F. Cline and L.T. Sinnott. Lexington Books, D.C. Heath and Company, Lexington, Mass. (1983). xiii + 186 pp., price not available, ISBN 0-669-05113-6.
The local network handbook: G.R. Davis (Ed.). McGraw-Hill (Data Communications Book Series), New York (1982). iv + 256 pp., $26.95 (PB). ISBN 0-07-606831-5.
Microcomputers: A planning guide for librarians and information professionals: R.A. Walton. The Oryx Press, Phoenix, Arizona, (1983). viii + 96 pp., $18.50 (PB), ISBN 0-89774-097-1.
Quantitative methods for library and information science: I.K. Ravichandra Rao. Halsted Press, A division of John Wiley & Sons, New York (1983). xi + 271 pp., $24.95, ISBN 0470-27393-3.
Education for information management, directions for the future: Record of a conference co-sponsored by the Information Institute, International Academy at Santa Barbara and the Association of American Library Schools: E.H. Boehm and M.K. Buckland (Eds.). The International Academy, Santa Barbara, Calif., (1983) 125 pp., $18.38 (Pb), ISBN 0-9610590-0-1.
On-line information systems—Use and operating characteristics, limitations and design alternatives: B. Gerrie. Information Resources Press, Arlington, Virginia (1983). xii + 189 pp., $24.50 plus $2.10 handling, ISBN 0-87815-047-1.
Automation in a polytechnic library: Fifteen years' development at Hatfield: (Case Studies in Library Automation). D.E. Bagley and E. Oyston. Library Association, England; distributed in North American by Oryx Press (1983). iv + 77 pp., $21.00 (P.B.), ISBN 0-85365-964-8.
Automation in Derbyshire county libraries: (Case Studies in Library Automation). P.D. Gratton. Library Association, London; distributed in North American by Oryx Press (1983). 110 pp., $20.00, ISBN 0-85365-984-2.
Library automation at the Polytechnic of the South Bank: (Case Studies in Library Automation). D.F.W. Hawes and D.A. Botten. Library Association, England; distributed in North America by Oryx Press (1983). 132 pp., $25.00, ISBN 0-85365-944-3.
Reference sources in library and information services: A guide to the literature: G.R. Purcell and G.A. Schlacter. England, ABC-Clio Information Services, Santa Barbara, California and Oxford (1984), 359 pp., $45, ISBN 0-87436-355-1.
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