Multimedia sources and the Internet featured in second edition of
_Indexing and Abstracting_

_Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice_, second edition
By F. W. Lancaster
(ISBN 0-87845-102-1; 426 pages; cloth; $47.50 plus shipping)

CHAMPAIGN, IL--Award-winning author F.W. Lancaster has revised his widely
used text,Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice, to address growing
complexities in the field.  New chapters in the second edition feature
multimedia sources and indexing within the Internet; chapters on text
searching, automatic processing methods, and the future of indexing and
abstracting are substantially revised.  The first nine chapters, covering
basic principles and theories, are updated and the section of practical
exercises is modified by use of the current edition of UNBIS Thesaurus.

Researchers from a wide range of disciplines are now involved in
content analysis activities that formerly were the sole concern of members
of the library and information science field.  At the same time, indexing
and abstracting have grown in interest within other major disciplines,
such as medicine.  As a result, relevant articles have become increasingly
scattered throughout varied literatures, and a wide range of
technologiessuch as linguistics, computer science, artificial
intelligence, and pattern recognitionnow impinge upon the subject matter
of this book, providing the impetus for updating a text noted for both its
practicality and attention to theoretical underpinnings.

As with the first edition, Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and
Practice remains primarily a text for teaching the subject.  However, it
also holds value for managers of information services and others concerned
with indexing, abstracting, and all related issues of content analysis.
Chapters focus on indexing principles, indexing practice, consistency and
quality of indexing, the types and functions of abstracts, writing and
evaluating the abstract, enhancing indexing, natural language in
information retrieval, automated indexing and abstracting, indexing of
multimedia sources, indexing within the Internet, and the future of
indexing and abstracting services. The section of exercises provides
concrete illustrations of the text's major points.

_Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice_, second edition, 
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F. W. Lancaster, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Graduate
School of Library and Information Science, is the recipient of numerous
awards for his books in the field of library and information science. The
first edition of _Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice_, which
appeared in 1991, won the "Best Information Science Book Award" in 1992
from the American Society for Information Science. An additional three of
his books have earned this ASIS "Best Book" award, and another two have
received awards from the American Library Association. _Technology and
Management in Library and Information Services_ (co-authored with Beth
Sandore) is listed on Library Journal's 1998 best professional reading
list.  Professor Lancaster is the editor of _Library Trends_, the premier
thematic quarterly journal in the field of American librarianship,
produced by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the
University of Illinois.

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