INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS FOR DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL

Abstract

Interactive computer systems establish a dialog between the man and the machine. By means of displays, the user receives immediate feedback of the results of his actions, and he is able to modify his decisions in order to obtain a system response that is most relevant to his needs. BOLD (Bibliographic On-Line Display is an example of a highly automated interactive document storage and retrieval system that is in operation at System Development Corporation. It enables the user to browse through the data base by subject categories or search for specific documents. The response is rapid and the results are satisfying.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 1966
Accession Number
AD0661657

Entities

People

  • H. Borko
  • H. P. Burnaugh

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Astronautics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Databases
  • Index Terms
  • Language
  • Light Pens
  • Lunar Probes
  • Materials
  • Natural Languages
  • Space Flight
  • Space Probes
  • Space Sciences
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Library and Information Science