The computerized Universal Reference System, now inde pendently organized, had its beginnings m the ABS bibliographic reference tools, such as the ABS Guide to Recent Publications in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and "New Studies," which is a regular feature of the ABS. Alfred de Grazia, founder and former editor of the ABS, is Professor of Government at New York University. This article, reviewing the URS and automated reference services in general, is excerpted from his address at the American Library Association Convention in July, 1966.
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Alfred de Grazia , "The Universal Reference System," American Behavioral Scientist, VIII (April, 1965), 3-14.
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International Affairs, Volume I of the Political Science, Government & Public Policy Series of the Universal Reference System (Box 262, Cooper Station, New York, N.Y. 10003: Universal Reference System, 1965), 1205 pp.
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This description of the International Affairs index is adapted from Kenneth Janda, "Information Retrieval: Applications to Bibliographies on International and Comparative Politics," a paper presented at the Computers and the Policy Making Community Institute, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, April 4, 1966.
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See Kenneth Janda, "Keyword Indexing for the Behavioral Sciences ," American Behavioral Scientist, 7 (June, 1964), 55-58.
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Philip J. Stone , et al., The General Inquirer: A Computer Approach to Content Analysis (Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press, 1966).
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Also see Erwin K. Scheuch and Philip J. Stone, "The General Inquirer Approach to an International Retrieval System for Survey Archives," American Behavioral Scientist, 7 (June, 1964), 23-28.
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Jean-Claude Gardin, "A European Research Program in Document Retrieval," American Behavioral Scientist, 7 (June, 1964), 12-16.
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Also see Jean-Claude Gardin, Syntol (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Graduate School of Library Service, Rutgers University, 1965).
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Cf. H. Borko , The Conceptual Foundations of Information Systems (Santa Monica, California: Systems Development Corporation, May 6, 1965) 37 pp.
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and Noah S. Prywes, "Browsing in an Automated Library through Remote Access," in M. A. Sass and W. D. Wilkinson , eds., Computer Augmentation of Human Reasoning (Washington, D.C.: Spartan, 1965), pp. 105-130.
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Also see Harold Borko and Lauren B. Doyle , "The Changing Horizon of Information Storage and Retrieval," American Behavioral Scientist, 7 (June, 1964), 3-8.
