INFS 656 Abstracting and Indexing

3 credits · Information Studies · Graduate Studies · Offered: Winter

Principles and practical methods of abstracting and indexing. Topics include pre- and post-coordinate indexing, concept analysis, vocabulary control, construction and evaluation of thesauri and of indexes for books, periodicals, and series; emphasis on the role of the computer in indexing.

Prerequisites

INFS 607 and GLIS 607. Not open to students who have taken GLIS 656.

Prerequisite courses: INFS 607

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