The 3,039 pages in the Australian file were tagged with an average of 2.59 substantive index codes per page. All pages were recorded on 16mm microfilm and stored on Eastman Kodak's MIRACODE system, which permitted boolean search and retrieval of individual pages by their tags.*
FIGURE 1: Codes Used to Index Writings on Party Politics during 1950-1962 for Australia
0-- STUDY OF PARTIES			258		450	Legislative organization	182
	000	Definitions of a political party	8		460	Ancillary organization	94
	100	Typology of parties	18		470	Party structure, functional? not?	98
	020	Functions of political parties	28		480	Articulation of party structure	141
	030	Explicit propositions about parties	51		490	Centralization of power	346
	040	General theory about parties	72	5-- PARTY GOALS			649
	050	Purpose of studying parties	14		500	Gain control of the government	80
	060	Approaches to the study of parties	40		510	Engage in coalitions, oppositions	48
	070	Methodology of studying parties	26		520	Place members in govt positions	9
1-- PARTY ORIGINS			483		530	Issue orientation	391
	100	When was it formed?	45		540	Ideological orientation	95
	110	Who formed it? Base of support?	33		550	Subvert the government	2
	120	Why was it formed?	35		560	Efficiency and effectiveness	23
	130	How was it formed?	12	6-- POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT			716
	140	Political history of the party	288		600	National crises	3
	150	Organizational history of the party	70		610	Issues of consensus/cleavage	11
2-- PARTY ACTIVITIES			1191		620	Electoral systems	221
	200	Selected candidates, party officials	244		630	Popular participation	70
	210	Conducts election campaigns	302		640	Political norms and attitudes	107
	220	Builds policy and organization	137		650	Administative bureaucracy	5
	230	Influences government policy	33		660	The executive	34
	240	Propagandizes its goals & activity	115		670	The legislature	40
	250	Discipline, maintains group unity	189		680	Govt structure / political history	142
	260	Raises and dispenses funds	155		690	Geographical pattern of authority	83
	270	Causes demonstrations, riots	2	7-- SOCIAL/ECONOMIC CONDITIONS			396
	280	Intercedes in govt for citizens	4		700	Economic	49
	290	Social activities	10		710	Geographic	47
3-- PARTY COMPOSITION			1350		720	Social	89
	300	Party supporters	256		730	Religious	59
	310	Party contributors	21		740	Social norms and attitudes	16
	320	Party members	176		750	Activities of the military	1
	330	Party workers and activists	107		760	Activities of students	1
	340	Party candidates	100		770	Activities of trade unions	71
	350	Party members in govt posts	192		780	Volunteer activity, interest groups	63
	360	Party leaders and officials	247	8-- PARTY SYSTEM			926
	370	Party factions	99		800	Number of parties	52
	380	Organizational support	143		810	Election results	129
	390	Independents	9		820	Stability of parties in party system	40
4-- PARTY ORGANIZATION			1896		830	Interparty competition	287
	400	Local Party organization	207		840	Interparty competition	178
	410	Constituency party organization	186		850	Origin, support, history of system	164
	420	Regional party organization	331		860	Status of party in party system	64
	430	National convention, congress	114		870	Typology of party system	9
	440	National Party committee	197		880	International party system	3
*See Kenneth Janda, "Political Research with Miracode--A 16mm. Microfilm Information Retrieval System," Social Science Information, 6 (April-June, 1967), 169-181.