Abstract :
The information retrieval activities of the IEEE envisage a time when information from many sources will be distributed rapidly and selectively to the people who need it. For this purpose there are two obvious requirements: 1) the information must be accurately identified, and 2) the needs of recipients must be known. (IEEE Spectrum, Sept. 1965, pp. 61; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech, Dec. 1964, pp. 37). As a step in this direction, these Transactions cooperate in the plan whereby each article is tagged with a set of descriptors or index terms. These are selected from a dictionary or thesaurus of terms that apply to a given area of activity. The terms given on this page represent the present state of the G-EWS thesaurus. It has been developed primarily by indexing articles published during recent years and by editing the terms in attempts to make them more specific, more complete, and less ambiguous. This thesaurus will be refined as it is improved and as the subject matter and interests of G-EWS change. As a first attempt to index an article, however, terms should be drawn only from this thesaurus. Whenever it is found inadequate, the editors would appreciate suggestions for revisions. Abstracts.
