Library Trends
1999 Volume 48, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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Knowledge Discovery in Databases
M Jay Norton
Knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) revolves around the investigation and creation of knowledge, processes, algorithms, and mechanisms for retrieving knowledge from data collections. The article... More
pp. 9-21
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Implicit Text Linkages between Medline Records: Using Arrowsmith as an Aid to Scientific Discovery
Don R. Swanson & Neil R. Smallheiser
Addresses the problem of how to find interesting but previously unknown implicit information within the scientific literature. The use of software, called Arrowsmith, that can create suggestive... More
pp. 48-59
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CINDI: A Virtual Library Indexing and Discovery System
Bipin C. Desai, Raijan Shinghal, Nader R. Shayan & Youquan Zhou
Describes a system called CINDI (Concordia INdexing and DIscovery System) for cataloging and searching documents in a distributed virtual library. The document author registers metadata in the form... More
pp. 209-33
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Librarians and Information Technology: Which Is the Tail and Which Is the Dog?
Herbert S. White
Argues that providing end users with more information does not really address their problems and, in fact, does not even identify them. Topics discussed include the growth of information technology... More
pp. 264-77