Download or read book Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice written by Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster and published by University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library & Information Science. This book was released on 1998 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A textbook for a course in either an academic or a professional education program for librarians. Reviews the principles, practice, consistency, and quality of indexing; the types and functions of abstracts; natural language in informating retrieval; and the future of indexing and abstracting services. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR