Citation Indexing

CITATION INDEXING


Citation index is an ordered list of cited articles along with a list of citing articles. The cited article is identified as the reference and the citing article as the source. The index is prepared utilising the association of ideas existing between the cited and the citing articles, as the fact is that whenever a recent paper cites a previous paper there always exists a

Key-Term Alphabetical (KEYTALPHA)

KEY-TERM ALPHABETICAL (KEYTALPHA)





In the Key-Term Alphabetical index, keywords are arranged side by side without forming a sentence. Entries are prepared containing only keywords and location excluding the context.



Example: Computerisation of libraries in India

The Keytalpha index entries are:

COMPUTERISATION, INDIAN, LIBRARIES 1289

INDIA, LIBRARIES, COMPUTERISATION 1289

Keyword Augmented in Context (KWAC)

KEYWORD AUGMENTED IN CONTEXT (KWAC)



The acronym KWAC also stands for Keyword and Context. The KWAC system provides for the enrichment of the keywords of the title with additional significant words taken either from the abstract f the document or its contents. Since titles do not always represent the contents of a document fully, the enrichment minimizes this limitation. The problem of

Keyword Out of Context (KWOC)

KEYWORD OUT OF CONTEXT (KWOC)



In KWOC system, keyword or the access point is shifted to the extreme left at its normal place in the beginning of the line. It is followed by the complete title to provide complete context. The keyword and the context are written either in the same line or in two successive lines. Both the formats are displayed below.

Example-Title: Computerisation of

Keyword in Context (KWIC) Indexing

KEYWORD IN CONTEXT (KWIC) INDEXING


Keyword in Context Indexing system is based on the principle that the title of the document represents its contents. It is believed that the title of the document is one line abstract of the document. The significant words in the title indicate the subject of the document. a KWIC index makes an entry under each significant word in the title, along with the

Title-Based Indexing

TITLE BASED INDEXING



There is one part of a document in which authors themselves usually try to define the subject: the title. The title in itself is a one line summary of a document and this serve as an index point, hence, title indexes came into force. This is very simple as the important terms representing the subject of the document are selected and rotated to prepare entries from the

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Index


The term ‘index’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘indicare’ which means to indicate or to point out. Here it refers to guide to a particular concept in a document.

Index is a systematic guide of items contained in a document or concepts derived from it.

Assigned Indexing

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ASSIGNED INDEXING

If the terms are selected from the title or the text of a document and used without any alteration as index terms, then this is referred to as natural language indexing or derived indexing. If however, the selected terms are translated or encoded into authorized terms by the help of a prescribed list, then the indexing language