LIS 601: Week2
Inverted Files: A Simple Approach to Building Inverted Files

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Original Documents:

  1. The use of computers in library and information science education.
  2. Education of librarians in faculties of education, library and information science, and communications compared.
  3. Computers in science: a case study of computers and computer use by scientists.
Step #1
Extract Terms

Step #2
Sort Terms

Step #3a
Remove Duplicates

Step #3b
Remove Duplicates
(Pointers to Postings List)

Term Doc# Term Doc# Term Doc# Term Pointer
use
1

case
3

case
3

case
1

computers
1

communications
2

communications
2

communications
2

library
1

compared
2

compared
2

compared
3

information
1

computer
3

computer
3

computer
4

science
1

computers
1

computers
1;3

computers
5

education 1

computers
3

education
1; 2

education
6

education
2

education
2

faculties
2

faculties
7

librarians 2

education
1

information
1;2

information
8

faculties
2

education
2

librarians
2

librarians
9

education 2

faculties
2

library
1:2

library
10

library
2

information
1

science
1;2;3

science
11

information 2

information
2

scientists
3

scientists
12

science 2

librarians
2

study
3

study
13

communications 2

library
2

use
1;3

use
14

compared 3

library
1







computers 3

science
3







science 3

science
2







case 3

science
1







study 3

scientists
3







computer 3

study
3







use 3

use
1







scientists

3


use

3








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