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Library Trends

1999 Volume 48, Number 1

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Table of Contents

Number of articles: 4

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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

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