Discussion
Read the following example and indicate the name of the indexing system used :
'Remuneration of teachers in French universities.'
The index headings are set as the following two lines :
France
Universities • Teachers • Remuneration
Universities • France
Teachers • Remuneration
Answer: C
The index entries, in which the terms are shifted from one position to another, are produced by PRECIS, so the answer is C.
PRECIS (Preserved Context Index System), devised by Derek Austin, writes each entry in two lines: a lead term in bold, with the other terms of the subject in a display that preserves the context. The term in the lead is shunted through the string, so 'France' and 'Universities' each get an entry, as in the two entries shown.
Chain procedure (A) gives entries from the links of a classification chain, POPSI (B) is based on the postulates of Ranganathan's system, and KWIC (D) shows each keyword in the middle of the title. None of them sets out an entry like these two.
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