Lecture delivered by

At the end of the course, students will be able to acquire following skills and competencies

• Distinguish different types of indexing systems
• Document analysis for indexing
• Prepare indexes using appropriate indexing systems
• Design and develop new indexing systems and techniques.

Course Content: (Main topics, Sub topics)

Indexing and theory of indexing, Types of indexes, Indexing systems, Pre and Post coordinate systems, KWIC, KWOC, and Uniterm, Citation indexing, Indexing services, Abstracting, Types and uses of abstract and compilation, Abstracting Services, Introduction to thesaurus.

Teaching /Learning Activities: 

Lectures/ Tutorials/ Presentations/ Practical sessions/ Creative activities

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

50%

Final Assessment

50%

Details:

Quizzes 10%, Assignment 20%, Attendance

Individual Assignment

Class Test 10%

Quiz

Theory

60%

Practical

NA

Other
 (specify)

NA

60

Recommended Reading:

• Chakrabortty A. R. & Chakrabarti B. (1983), Indexing: principles, processes and     Products, World press, Calcutta.

• Fosket, A. C. (1971), Subject Approach to Information, Bingley, London.

• Kumar, P. S. G. (2004), Information Analysis, Repackaging, Consolidation and  Information Retrieval, B. R. Publishing, Delhi.

• Lancaster, F. W. (1991), Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice, Facet Publishing, London.

• Lancaster, F. W. (1998), Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and practice, 2nd ed., Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Champaign.

• O’Connor, B. C. (2008), Doing Things with Information: Beyond Indexing and Abstracting, Libraries Unlimited, Westport.