LIS322:Infromaion Presentation and Packaging

Module 1: Concept of Indexing

• Unit 1: Definition of index, indexer and indexing
• Unit 2 Purpose of indexes
• Unit 3: Types of indexes

Module 2: Indexing principles, systems, process and search process

• Unit 1: Indexing principles
• Unit 2: Indexing systems
• Unit 3: Indexing process and technique
• Unit 4: Search process
• Unit 5: Use of information and communication technology in indexing

Module 3: Indexing language and evaluation of an index

• Unit 1: Definition and components of indexing language
• Unit 2: Types of indexing languages
• Unit 3: Evaluation of an index

Module 4: Concept of abstracting

• Unit 1: Definition of an abstract, abstracter and abstracting
• Unit 2: Purpose of abstracting
• Unit 3: Types of abstracts

Module 5: Abstracting process and evaluation of an abstract

• Unit 1: Procedure for abstracting a document
• Unit 2: Abstracting of research papers
• Unit 3: Evaluation of abstract
• Unit 4: Skills and ethical guidelines for abstracters

Module 6: Thesaurus construction and evaluation

• Unit 1: Definition of a thesaurus
• Unit 2: Content of a thesaurus
• Unit 3: Steps in thesaurus construction
• Unit 4: Evaluation of a thesaurus