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Documentation

Here are entered works on the processes by which documents are made available, including abstracting, archives, bibliographies, cataloging, classification, indexing, information centers, information storage and retrieval systems, libraries, copying processes, translating services, etc., treated collectively.

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• Information science

• Library science
• Information services

• Documentation -- Congresses
• Documentation -- Forgeries
• Documentation -- Periodicals
• Documentation -- United States
• Abstracting
• Archives
• Bibliographical centers
• Bibliography
• Copying processes
• Documentation, Services de
• Information retrieval
• Agriculture -- Documentation
• Antiques -- Documentation
• Antiquities -- Documentation
• Architecture -- Documentation
• Art -- Documentation
• Cultural property -- Documentation
• Historic preservation -- Documentation
• Language and languages -- Documentation
• Medicine -- Documentation
• Science -- Documentation
• Technology -- Documentation

• Documentarity: Evidence, Ontology, and Inscription (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c2019), by Ronald E. Day (HTML with commentary at MIT Press)
• Archives, Documentation, and Institutions of Social Memory: Essays From the Sawyer Seminar (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2006), ed. by Francis X. Blouin and William G. Rosenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final report on contract NAonr 13-47, 10 January 1947-30 June 1953. ([Washington, 1954]), by Library of Congress. Technical Information Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• A code for the unique identification of recorded knowledge and information / ([Bethesda, Md. : ERIC Document Reproduction Service], 1968), by Howard J. Hilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documentation, indexing, and retrieval of scientific information. (Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1960), by United States Senate Committee on Government Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of documentation terms / (Clarkwood, Tex. : Celanese Corp. of America, 1959), by Frank S. Wagner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kōbu yūshi shūran. (Tōkyō : Izumoji Manjirō, [187-?]), by Manjirō Izumoji (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Multiple instantaneous response file; final report. (Menlo Park, Calif., Stanford Research Institute, 1961), by Stanford Research Institute and Jacob Goldberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Documentation for science and engineering. ([Burlington, Conn.] Burlington Pub. Co., [1960]), by Robert Edward Coughlan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Study of a prototype software engineering environment / (Gaithersburg, MD : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards ; [Springfield, VA : National Techncial Information Service, 1986]), by Dolores R. Wallace, D. Richard Kuhn, and United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guidelines for describing information interchange formats : approved as American National Standard X10.1-1973 / ([Washington, D. C.] : The Bureau, 1972), by United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Current research and development in scientific documentation. (Washington, National Science Foundation, Office of Science Information Service [etc.]), by National Science Foundation (U.S.). Office of Science Information Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compte-rendu des travaux. (Paris, Société bibliographique, 1879), by France) International Conference on Documentation (1st : 1878 Paris and Paris Société bibliographique (page images at HathiTrust)
• Actes de la Conférence internationale de bibliographie et de documentation : Bruxelles, 10 et 11 juillet 1908. (Bruxelles : Institut international de bibliographie, 1901), by Belgium) International Conference on Documentation (4th : 1908 : Brussels and International Institute of Documentation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• FID news bulletin. (The Hague International Federation of Documentation, 1951-1987), by International Federation for Documentation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistical association methods for mechanized documentation; symposium proceedings. (Washington, For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1965, i.e. 1966), by Mary Elizabeth Stevens, American Documentation Institute, Institute for Applied Technology (U.S.). Research Information Center and Advisory Service on Information Processing, and D.C.) Symposium on Statistical Association Methods for Mechanized Documentation (1964 : Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• State of the art of documentation : a symposium presented at the 11th annual convention of the American Documentation Institute, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 7, 1961 / ([Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1962]), by American Documentation Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Varsity letters : documenting modern colleges and universities / ([Chicago, Ill.] : Society of American Archivists ; Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1992), by Helen Willa Samuels (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of documentation terms. ([Clarkwood, Tex., Celanese Corporation of America, 1959]), by Frank S comp Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centralization and documentation; Appendices. (Cambridge, Mass., 1963), by Inc Arthur D. Little and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Documentation. (Washington, Public Affairs Press, [1950]), by S. C. Bradford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mechanized bibliography of documentation and information sciences, (Washington, U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Dept. Library, 1967), by United States. Department of the Interior. Library and Herbert Holzbauer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The medium-sized information service : its automation for retrieval. (Washington : U.S. Army Materiel Command, Harry Diamond Laboratories, 1963), by Berthold Altmann and United States. Harry Diamond Laboratories (page images at HathiTrust)
• Current research and development in scientific documentation. (Washington : National Science Foundation, Office of Science Information Service [etc.]), by National Science Foundation (U.S.). Office of Science Information Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual review of information science and technology. ([Medford, N.J., etc.] Information Today), by American Documentation Institute, American Society for Information Science, and American Society for Information Science and Technology, ed. by Carlos A. Cuadra (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cooperation, convertibility, and compatibility among information systems : a literature review / (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1966), by Madeline M. Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documentation and information retrieval ; an introduction to basic principles and cost analysis / ([Cleveland] : Press of Western Reserve University, [1957]), by James W. Perry and Allen Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistical association methods for mechanized documentation : symposium proceedings / (Washington : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1965 [i.e. 1966]), by D.C.) Symposium on Statistical Association Methods for Mechanized Documentation (1964 : Washington, Mary Elizabeth Stevens, American Documentation Institute, and Institute for Applied Technology (U.S.). Research Information Center and Advisory Service on Information Processing (page images at HathiTrust)
• A survey of selected document processing systems / ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. National Bureau of Standards; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by Elizabeth Fong and United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report. (Washington, D.C. : National Historical Publications and Records Commission.), by United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission and United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission. NHPRC annual report (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation / (Bethesda, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section, [1991]), by Karen Patrias, National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Reference Section, and National Library of Medicine (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The state of the American record : a report on how well Americans are documenting their history / ([Washington, D.C.?] : National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1994), by Gerald George and United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• International organization in librarianship and documentation : an examination of existing international nongovernmental organizations with particular references to the International Federation of Library Associations and the International Federation for Documentation / ([Washington] : [publisher not identified], 1958), by Edward Carter and Council on Library Resources (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Impact study of the Annual review of information science and technology : final report / (Santa Monica, Calif. : System Development Corp., 1968), by Carlos A. Cuadra, Robert V. Katter, and Linda Harris (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annals of Library and Information Studies (open access from 2002-) (partial serial archives)
• Baca: Jurnal Dokumentasi dan Informasi (in Indonesian and English; 1986-) (partial serial archives)
• Revista Española de Documentación Científica (in Spanish; 1995-) (partial serial archives)
• Türk Kütüphaneciliği (in English and Turkish; 1987-) (partial serial archives)
• Anales de Documentación (in English, Portuguese and Spanish; 1998-) (partial serial archives)
• Cuadernos de Documentación Multimedia (in Spanish; 1993-) (partial serial archives)
• Journal of Library and Information Studies (in Chinese and English; 1999-) (partial serial archives)
• Sztuka i Dokumentacja (in English and Polish; 2009-) (partial serial archives)
• Bibliothecae.it (in English and Italian; 2012-) (partial serial archives)
• Proceedings from the Document Academy (2014-) (partial serial archives)
• Conci (in Portuguese; 2018-) (partial serial archives)

• Précis Writing for Beginners (London: Blackie and Son, ca.1917), by Guy Noel Pocock (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Progressive Course of Précis Writing (1913), by Frederick Eden Robeson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Usefulness of Analytic Abstracts (1922), by Gordon S. Fulcher (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Indexing and Précis Writing (London: Macmillan, 1908), by G. B. Beak (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Book-keeping by double and single entry [electronic resource] : with an appendix on précis writing and indexing : designed for self-instruction and for use in schools & colleges : adapted expressly for the preparation of candidates for civil service & teachers' examinations. (Kingston, Ont. : Dominion Business College, 1887), by Ont.) Dominion Business College (Kingston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical précis writing and indexing. (London, 1905), by J. Blake Harrold (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A text-book of précis-writing / (London : W.B. Clive, University Tutorial Press, 1906), by T. C. Jackson and John Briggs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The abstracting and indexing of biological literature / ([Washington, D.C. : National research council, 1922]), by Jacob R. Schramm (page images at HathiTrust)
• Précis and précis writing. (London : [s.n.], 1911), by A. W. Ready (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Précis writing for beginners. (London : Blackie, [1917]), by Guy Noel Pocock (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Indexing & précis writing for civil service candidates. (London : [s.n.], 1909), by T. Evan Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Practical indexing and précis writing. (London, Civil Service Press, [189-]), by George Edward Skerry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice / (Champaign : University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, c1998), by F. Wilfrid Lancaster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide for collaboration in preparation of abstracts for Biological abstracts .... (Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Précis writing and office correspondence. (London, Methuen, 1897), by E. E. Whitfield (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A suggestion for abstracts of anthropological literature, ([Washington, D.C., National Research Council, 1924]), by Albert Ernest Jenks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preécis writing for army classes : civil service candidates / (London : [s.n.], 1903), by Hugh Latter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A textual abstracting technique: a preliminary development and evaluation (Pittsburgh, Pa., 1962), by American Institutes for Research and Dan Payne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Scientific abstracting, ([Washington, D. C., National research council, 1921]), by Gordon S. Fulcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• A progressive course of précis writing / (London ; New York : Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1913), by F. E. Robeson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The precis book : or, lessons in accuracy of statement and preciseness of expression : for civil service students, self-education, and use in schools / (London : Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1878), by W. Cosmo Monkhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• A progressive course of précis writing, (London, New York [etc.] Oxford university press, H. Milford, 1917), by Frederick Eden Robeson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A compendium of précis writing on historical, social, literary and other subjects,/ (London : Oxford university press, H. Milford, 1925), by F. E. Robeson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Criteria for acceptable abstracts: a survey of abstractors' instructions, (Santa Monica, Calif., System Development Corp., 1962), by Harold Borko and Seymour Benjamin Chatman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Précis writing for American schools; methods of abridging, summarizing, condensing, with copious exercises, (Boston : The Atlantic monthly press, [c1924]), by Samuel Thurber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil service examinations. An introduction to the writing of précis or digests ... (London, Longmans, Green, and co., [1864?]), by John Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The usefulness of analytic abstracts, ([Washington, D. C. : National Research Council, 1922]), by Gordon S. Fulcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to abstracting and indexing for Nuclear Science Abstracts; September, 1966. ([Springfield, Va.], [Clearinghouse for Scientific and Technical Information], 1966), by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Technical Information and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to abstracting and indexing for nuclear science abstracts., by issuing body U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Technical Information and issuing body U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of précis writing as a composition technique, (New York city, Teachers college, Columbia university, 1935), by Grace Elizabeth Jencke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A study of précis writing as a composition technique. ([New York, AMS Press, 1972]), by Grace Elizabeth Jencke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Indexing and précis writing / (London : Macmillan and Co., 1908), by G. B. Beak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Précis writing for American schools : methods of abridging, summarizing, condensing, with copious exercises / (Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1926, c1924), by Samuel Thurber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Précis writing for beginners, by Guy Noel Pocock (Gutenberg ebook)

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