Abstract
The computer, and especially the personal computer, has potential as an aid to the type of knowledge work known as research and writing. This chapter describes this capability as it exists now and suggests where this capability may be extended in the future. The scope embraced includes the processes of composing (information collecting, organising, and synthesising) and producing (text keyboarding, editing, and formatting) research reports, especially those reports which involve bibliographic searches as in technology transfer. Figure 9.1 is a block diagram of the flow of the processes of composing and producing research articles and reports. The computer can be a tool to accelerate and augment these processes, or it can be a full-fledged assistant.1
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Leigh, W., Berry, M. (1987). Computer Applications in Information Retrieval and Writing for Technology Transfer. In: Damachi, U.G., Souder, H.R., Damachi, N.A. (eds) Computers and Computer Applications in Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08647-4_9
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