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● 1 IR databases as messages, texts, and documents
● 2 impact of media on design options for IR databases
● 3 text options for IR databases
● 4 media options for IR databases
5.1. Paper.
● 5 paper as favored medium for IR databases
● 6 paper formats for IR databases
5.1.1. Card Files.
● 7 card files as favored medium for IR databases
● 8 disadvantages of card files as medium for IR databases
● 9 views of Baker (Nicholson) on card catalogs
5.1.2. Books.
● 10 advantages of books as medium for IR databases
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● 12 advantages of paper as medium for reading
● 13 reading versus searching on electronic media
● 14 paper versus electronic media as media for IR databases
● 15 cost of electronic media versus paper
● 16 electronic media as standard for IR databases
● 17 paper as medium for special types of IR databases
5.1.3. Optical Coincidence (Peek-a-Boo) Retrieval on Cards.
● 18 postcoordinate indexing systems on paper media
● 19 peek-a-boo (optical coincidence) retrieval systems
● 20 boolean searches on peek-a-boo (optical coincidence) retrieval systems
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5.2. Microforms.
● 22 computer-output microfilm as medium for IR databases
5.3. Electronic Media.
● 23 unit of manipulation in IR databases
● 24 unit of manipulation in electronic media
● 25 non-displayed searching in electronic media
● 26 types of electronic media for IR databases
5.3.1. Online Databases.
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5.3.2. CD-ROM and Other Machine-Readable Disks.
● 28
5.3.3. World-Wide Web.
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5.4. Codes and Symbols.
● 30 nature of codes and symbols for texts
● 31 varieties of codes and symbols for texts
● 32 codes and symbols for IR databases
5.5. Our Examples.
5.5.1. A Book Index.
● 33 multimedia for book indexes
5.5.2. An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
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5.5.3. A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
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