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Peer reviewedPoyer, Robert K. – Special Libraries, 1982
Describes a comparative study conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina of time lag in the indexing of 51 major biomedical journals by four information services: Current Contents, Science Citation Index, SDILINE/Medline, and Index Medicus. Data are presented in three tables and a 10-item reference list is attached. (JL)
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Comparative Analysis, Indexes, Indexing
Peer reviewedFidel, Raya – Special Libraries, 1992
Describes a study of professional searchers that investigated their decisions about using search terms. The use of descriptors from a controlled vocabulary versus the use of textwords for free-text searching is examined, searching styles and differences in subject areas are discussed, and the quality of thesauri and indexing is considered. (six…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Decision Making, Indexing
