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LIS 423 Indexing and Abstracting

HND2 levelComputing & ICT12 topics

LIS 423 covers 12 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Concept of indexing and abstracting
  2. Purposes of indexing and abstracting
  3. Tools for indexing and abstracting
  4. Standard and in-house indexing tools
  5. Manual and automated indexing manipulation
  6. Stages of indexing
  7. Keyword identification and descriptor matching
  8. Stages of abstracting
  9. Indicative abstracts
  10. Informative abstracts
  11. Indexing and abstracting newspaper articles
  12. Major indexing and abstracting services

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Concept of indexing and abstracting

Indexing and abstracting are the twin pillars of information retrieval in computing, enabling users to locate and understand vast collections of digital resources quickly. Mastering how indexes are constructed and abstracts are written is essential for the NUC CCMAS, NBTE, and NCCE exams because these skills underpin the design of databases, search engines, and digital libraries.

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