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Quotes from Classification and indexing in the social sciences — Douglas John Foskett

1918–2004 United Kingdom

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The aim of an information service is to organise the literature on a systematic basis in order to save the time of research workers.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

The same thing can be identified by many different terms, and the same term may mean many different things.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

The purpose of a classiﬁcation scheme is to arrange information, in documents on shelves or on cards in indexes, in a sequence that will be helpful to the user.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

The retrieval process begins when a lack of information shows itself in a human mind and the decision is taken to ﬁnd out if this information has been discovered and published

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

Information retrieval consists of four main stages: Identifying the exact subject of the search; Locating this subject in a guide which refers the searcher to one or more documents; Locating the documents; Locating the required information in the documents.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Douglas John Foskett (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.