SLIS 5205 - Information Indexing, Abstracting and Retrieval

3 hours

Analysis of indexing and retrieval systems. Manual and machine indexing and abstracting. Computer-based systems. File organization and maintenance; information representation and coding; storage and retrieval technology; natural language processing; thesaurus construction; searching strategies. Systems design, operation and evaluation.

Prerequisite(s): None.

Corequisite(s): SLIS 5200 or SLIS 5210 and SLIS 5710, or consent of department.