Electronic access to full document text and images through Linus

This paper discusses document capture, preprocessing, and full-text display of technical papers with the LINUS database system, a centralized access point to a variety of databases. Users can retrieve records of interest — including documents — based on descriptions of the contents (e.g., author names, words of a title, content phrases from text). With the LINUS full-text service, they can easily check a fact or reference in a document, as well as preview an internal document at their terminals before deciding to order a paper copy. When linus is run from a bitmapped terminal, a documenT's graphics, tables, and complicated equations are also displayed; and a mouse and menus help users move around in the document. The full-text capability is available now, even over low-speed networks. Other applications being considered or implemented include displaying archival photographs and personnel pictures tied to a personnel directory.