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Note from the publisher
Honor list of IP & M referees
Jason Farradane
Integrative mechanisms in the growth of knowledge: A legacy of Manfred Kochen∗
Natural language processing and information retrieval
Interpreting nominal compounds for information retrieval
Anaphora in natural language processing and information retrieval
Conjunction, ellipsis, and other discontinuous constituents in the constituent object parser
On the application of syntactic methodologies in automatic text analysis
Indexing medical reports: The rime approach
SILOL: A simple logical-linguistic document retrieval system
Topic parsing: Accounting for text macro structures in full-text analysis
Constructing literature abstracts by computer: Techniques and prospects
Subject catalogues: Headings and structure: E.J. Coates. Library Association, London (1988). 186 pp., $30.00. ISBN 0-85365-678-9.
Automatic text processing: G. Salton. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA (1989). xiii+530 pp. $37.95. ISBN 0-201-12227-8.
Standard practices in the preparation of bibliographic records: D. Anderson (Ed.) Revised edition. (UBCIM Occasional Paper 13). IFLA UBCIM Programme, London (1989). viii + 62pp. $26.00. ISBN 0-903043-53-X, ISSN 1012-327X.
The impact of CD-ROM on library operations and universal availability of information: A.H. Helal and J.W. Weiss (Eds.) (Veröffentlichungen der Universitätsbibliothek Essen/Publications of the Essen University Library, no. 11). Universitätsbibliothek Essen, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, xxxviii + 240 pp. ISBN 3-922602-12-6, ISSN 0931-7503.
Thesaurus of information technology terms: S. Peniston (Comp.). Taylor Graham, London and Los Angeles (1988). iii + 410 pp., $90.00, ISBN 0-947568-36-0.
OPACs and beyond: Proceedings of a joint meeting of the British library, DBMIST, and OCLC: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH (August 17–18, 1988). viii + 119 pp., $12.50. ISBN 1-55653-070-6.
Current research for the information profession 1987/88: P. Elliott (Ed.). The Library Association, London (1988); distributed in the U.S. by the American Library Association. 275 + cxvi pp., $100. ISBN 0-85365-838-2, ISSN 0268-7372.
The MINISIS/UNIMARC project final report: E.W. Woods. (UBCIM Occasional Paper 12). IFLA UBCIM programme, London (1988) vi + 18 pp. $25.00. ISSN 1012-327X, ISBN 0-903043-51-3.
The new library and the development of innovative information services at Tilburg University: Tilburg University Press, Tilburg, The Netherlands (1989). vi + 79 pp. Dfl. 39,50. ISBN 90-361-9662-0.
Editorial: Software survey section