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Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1989
Argues that online search capabilities are a form of indexing and that access is determined by the total mix of preexisting and added "search capability" indexing. The design of a "superthesaurus," geared to the needs of users and to online rather than manual searching, is proposed as part of a user friendly interface. (19…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Indexing, Online Catalogs
