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Information retrieval research in the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield: 1965-1985

Michael F. Lynch

Department of Information Studies, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom

P. Willett

Department of Information Studies, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom

This paper discusses research which was carried out at the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield in the period 1965 to 1985 into storage and retrieval techniques for databases of textual and chemical structure data. The research includes the development of methods for the auto matic production of printed subject indexes and for the inde xing and retrieval of chemical structures and chemical reac tions, the variety generation method for the analysis, characterization and storage of data in a range of types of textual database, the prediction of biological activity in chemical compounds, and the design of document retrieval systems.

Journal of Information Science, Vol. 13, No. 4, 221-234 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/016555158701300405
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