Editorial: Software survey section
List of contents
Strategies for building distributed information retrieval systems
Predicting document retrieval system performance: an expected precision measure
Comparing retrieval performance in online data bases
Correspondence of document file structures to discipline structures
An efficient file structure for specialized dictionaries and other “lumpy” data
Semiautomatic determination of citation relevancy: A preliminary report
The convergence of Moore's/Mooers' law's
On meaningful menus for measurement: Disentangling evaluative issues in system design
On two roles decision support systems can play in negotiations
A unified perspective on decision making and decision support systems
Selecting livestock periodicals through citation analysis technique
Computer and computing information resources directory: First Edition. M. Connors (Ed). Gale Research Co., Detroit, MI (1987). × + 1271 pp., $160.00, ISBN 0-8103-21-31-6
The guide to expert systems: A. Goodall. Learned Information, Oxford and New Jersey (1985). 220 pp., $25.00, ISBN 0-904933-49-0
Small-scale bibliographic databases: P. Judge, B. Gerrie (Eds.). Academic Press, Orlando, FL (1986). × + 198 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-12-391970-3
How to develop business information systems for end users: J. L. Garland. John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore (1986). vii + 240 pp., $32.95, ISBN 0-47184999-5
The economics of managing library service: B. P. Schauer. American Library Association, Chicago, IL (1986). xii + 278 pp., $49.00, ISBN 0-8389-0453-X
Proceedings of the 1985 Beijing International Symposium on Computerized Information Retrieval: The committee on information retrieval (Ed). The China Society for Scientific and Technical Information, Beijing, China (1986). vi + 212 pp., $30.00. (No ISBN.) (Available from The Library, The Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, P.O. Box 640, Beijing, China.)
Data communications networking devices: Characteristics, operation, applications: (2nd ed.). G. Held. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester and New York (1986). xi + 372 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-47190947-5
Genealogy & computers: C. Clement (Ed.). American Library Association, Chicago and London (1986). vii + 59 pp., $7.95 (pb), ISBN 0-8389-3328-9
Videodisc and optical digital disk technologies and their applications in libraries, 1986 update: J. McQueen, R. W. Boss. American Library Association, Chicago (1986). vii + 155 pp., $25.00, ISBN 0-8389-7041-9
Library systems evaluation guide: Cataloging (vol. 7): J. E. Rush Associates, Powell, OH(1985). 261 pp., $59.50, ISBN 0-912803-07-X
Innovative management using telecommunications: A guide to opportunities, strategies and applications: H. S. Dordick, F. Williams. John Wiley & Sons, New York (1986). ix + 226 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-471-81296-X
Directory of microcomputer software for libraries: R.A. Walton, N. Taylor. Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ (1986). xx + 564 pp., $37, ISBN 0-89774-342-3
Decision support systems: Tools and techniques: S. S. Mittra, John Wiley, New York (1986). xvii + 433 pp., $35.95, ISBN 0-471-81641-8
