Indexing and Abstracting (LIS-625)

UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

COURSE OUTLINE     Spring 2020

Course Tittle: INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING

Course Code: LIS-625 (MLIS 4th)

Credit Hours: 03

Instructor: DR. NOOR MUSTAFA KHAN

DESCRIPTION& OBJECTIVES

  1. A basic core is being identified which is expected to develop essential competencies for any entry level professional in library and information sciences.
  2. An emphasis has been placed on the applied aspect of the library education. Assignments/projects and practice sessions have been introduced in all the courses where practical work is a requirement.

OBJECTIVES

  1. To create an understanding among the students about information dynamics and its relativity with the body of knowledge.
  2. To inculcate skills among students for evaluation, interpretation and use of information and documents in various forms.
  3. To develop skills among students for the organization of information sources and documents.
  4. To make the students aware of the service philosophy of library and information organization and to develop relevant skills for design and delivery of appropriate information services.
  5.  To develop an understanding among students about the properties of literature in specialized domains and how these are reflected in management of different types of library and information agencies.
  6. To develop skills among students about the use of scientific methods of research and to promote problem oriented research related to library and information science in Pakistan.
  7. To develop understanding among the students about the application of information technology for efficient organization, storage and retrieval of information.
  8. To develop competencies among students for the management of libraries and information centres.

READINGS

 

  1. Doing things with information: beyond indexing and abstracting/ Brian C. O’Connor, Jodi Kearns, and Richard L. Anderson. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008.
  2. Glossary of terminology in abstracting, classification, indexing, and thesaurus construction/ Hans H. Wellisch. 2nd ed. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2000.
  3. Introduction to indexing and abstracting/ Donald B. Cleveland and Ana D. Cleveland. 3rd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
  4. Automatic indexing and abstracting of document texts/ by Marie-Francine Moens. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
  5. Introduction to reference sources in the health sciences/ compiled and edited by Jeffrey T. Huber, Jo Anne Boorkman, Jean Blackwell. 5th ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2008.
  6. Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice/ F.W. Lancaster. 3rd ed. London: Facet Pub., 2003.

CONTENTS

  1. Index, Introduction
    1. Meaning, concepts, and explanation
  2. Nature of Information
    1. Information age,
  3. Natural Phenomenon,
  4. Basic Resources
  5. The organization of Information,
    1. Information Cycle
    2. Information Retrieval Model,
  6. Vocabulary Control
  7. Types of Indexes
    1. Alphabetical, Author, Book,
    2. Citation, Classified,
    3. Hypermedia, internet,
    4. Word, multimedia.
  8. Indexing Process
    1. Aboutness
    2. Steps in indexing
  9. Abstract, Introduction
    1. Definition, Concept and Explanation
  10. Types of Abstracts
    1. Indicative abstracts,
    2. Informative abstracts,
    3. Structured abstracts.
  11. The Abstracting Process
  12. Coverage
  13. Steps in Abstracting
    1. Step one
    2. Step two
    3. Step three
    4. Step four
    5. Step five
  14. Editing of abstract
  15. The writing process  abstract
  16. Indexing and abstracting services
  17. Indexing, abstracting and the internet

COURSE SCHEDULE

 

Week

Topics and Readings

Dates

1.

Topic 1. Reading 3 Pages 1-10 Reading 6

 

2.

Topic 2 and 2a. Reading 3. Pages 11-13, Reading 6

Topic 3 Reading 3. Pages 13-18

 

3.

Topic 4 Reading 3 Pages 18-21

Topic 5a Reading 3 Page 22

 

4.

Topic 6 Reading 3 Page 35-47

Topic 7 Reading 3 Page 48

 

5.

Topic 7a Reading 3 Page 48-49

Topic 7b Reading 3 Page 50-51

Topic 7c Reading 3 Page 52

 

6.

Topic 7d Reading 3 Page 53

Topic 8 Reading 3 Page 97

Topic 8a Reading 3 Page 98

 

7.

Topic 8b Reading 8b Page 99-107

Topic 9 Reading 3 Page 101

Topic 9a Reading 3 Page 101

 

8.

Topic 10 Reading 3 Page 48

Topic10a Reading 3 Page56

Topic 10b Reading 3 Page 57

 

9.

Topic 10c Reading 3 Page 59-60

Topic 11 Reading 3 Page 108

 

10.

Topic 12 Reading 3 Page 109-110

Topic 13Reading 3 Page 110

 

11.

Topic 13a Reading 3Page 110-113

Topic 13bReading 3 Page 113-114

 

12.

Topic 13c Reading 3Page 115-116

Topic 13d Reading 3 Page 117

 

13.

Topic 13e Reading 3Page 117

Topic 14 Reading 3 Page 117-119

 

14.

Topic 15 Reading 3 Page 119-120

 

15.

Topic  16 Reading 3 Page192-199

 

16.

Topic 17 Reading 3 Page 215-228

 
 

 

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