- Cover Page
- Brief Table of Contents: shows only chapter titles.
- Full Table of Contents: contains all chapter and section names.
- List of all figures: contains captions and locations of all figures.
- Prefatory material [sections]
- Part I. Chapter 1. Introduction and Background Issues
[sections]
Assumptions and steps required before design begins; terminology; standards and codes of practice, types of databases.
- Part II:
Design Decisions.
- Chapter 2. Subject Scope and Domain
[sections]
Defining the kinds of questions an information retrieval (IR) database will answer, with respect to subject or topical areas and also the operational and cultural domains of potential users; role of subject scope and domain as guide for database producers in the selection of messages and the creation of document descriptions and indexes; role as guide for potential users in the selection and navigation of appropriate IR databases.
- Chapter 3. Documentary Scope
[sections]
Kinds of messages, texts and documents appropriate for fulfilling subject scope and user preferences; definition of searchable documentary features.
- Chapter 4. Documentary Domain
[sections]
Domain (territory) covered in seeking sources for documents and documentary information; methods for discovery, location, and acquisition.
- Chapter 5. Display Media
[sections]
Effective media for the presentation of IR databases.
- Chapter 6. Documentary Units
[sections]
Appropriate size of documentary units to be presented to users; parts of documents versus complete documents and collections of documents.
- Chapter 7. Indexable Matter
[sections]
Portions of documentary units to be analyzed for indexing.
- Chapter 8. Analysis and Indexing Methods
[sections]
Nature of, and appropriate use of, automatic computer-based text analysis and indexing methods versus human intellectual analysis and indexing of messages.
- Chapter 9. Exhaustivity
[sections]
Appropriate level of detail in the indexing of documentary units.
- Chapter 10. Specificity
[sections]
Appropriate level of specificity in indexing vocabulary.
- Chapter 11. Displayed Versus Non-Displayed Indexes
[sections]
Support for multiple search modes: displayed indexes for browsing and visual inspection of headings; non-displayed indexes for machine matching of search statements with message, text, and document representations or full text.
- Chapter 12. Syntax
[sections]
Creating intelligible index headings for browsing and visual inspection; syntactic support for user creation of search statements for computer matching.
- Chapter 13. Vocabulary Management
[sections]
Assistance in dealing with alternative and variant terminology, multiple meanings, and conceptual relations among terms.
- Chapter 14. Surrogation
[sections]
Representing messages, texts, and documentary units within the IR database.
- Chapter 15. Locators
[sections]
Links between representations and full documentary units.
- Chapter 16. Surrogate Displays
[sections]
Options for the display of representations in different contexts.
- Chapter 17. Arrangement of Displayed Indexes
[sections]
Options in the display of browsable indexes: alphanumeric versus classed/relational arrangements.
- Chapter 18. Size of Displayed Indexes
[sections]
Estimating the size of indexes when constraints are present (mainly for printed back-of-the-book indexes).
- Chapter 19. Search Interface
[sections]
Presenting IR databases to users; displaying content and search options.
- Chapter 20. Record Format
[sections]
Size and structure of documentary unit records for supporting design features.
- Chapter 21. Full-Text Display
[sections]
Options for analysis, encoding, and display of full-text documentary units.
- Chapter 22. Conclusion: Implementation and Continuing Evaluation
This book is about design. Once the design is complete, it's time to begin testing, implementation, and ongoing evaluation.
- Glossary
The glossary contains most of the definitions for terms included in the main text of the book, arranged in alphabetical order. Most of the definitions will refer back to the sections of the book where the concept defined is discussed in more detail, so the glossary can be used as an index to key concepts.
- Bibliography
This is the comprehensive bibliography for the book. Each citation concludes with references to the sections where the item is cited, so the bibliography can be used as an index to discussions of cited works.
- Index
The alphabetical subject index was compiled using the NEPHIS system, which is described in chapter 12 on syntax, section 12.2.2.3. Index headings refer to sections or paragraphs, not to page numbers.
- About the authors