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Peer reviewedHarter, Stephen P. – Library Quarterly, 1971
The relevance assessments belonging to the Cranfield II document/query collection are shown to be faulty, in the sense that many" relevant documents were not so identified by the Cranfield judges. 9 references. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Evaluation, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedWiberley, Stephen E., Jr. – Library Quarterly, 1983
Investigates vocabulary of the humanities by analyzing terms used as entry points in leading encyclopedias and dictionaries in humanities. Categories that distinguish entry terms by precision and potential for effectiveness in subject access are proposed and a sample of entry terms is classified into these categories. Thirty-five sources are…
Descriptors: Classification, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Humanities
Peer reviewedSwanson, Don R. – Library Quarterly, 1971
Comments are made on several specific questionable aspects of experimental design in the Second Cranfield project." 8 references. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation, Indexing
Peer reviewedGreen, Rebecca – Library Quarterly, 1995
Syntagmatic relationships receive less attention than paradigmatic relationships in the development and study of index languages. Exposes misperceptions in linguistic characterization of syntagmatic relationships, and proposes the expansion to include conceptual syntagmatic relationships (CSRs), and characterizes CSRs to determine their role in…
Descriptors: Characterization, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
Peer reviewedGreen, Rebecca – Library Quarterly, 2000
Discussion of the information-seeking behavior of humanists focuses on a study that investigated the efficacy of following bibliographic references from documents already known. Topics include the nature of humanities research; vocabulary control and indexing; subject-based literature searches; seed documents; relevance; retrieval based on…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Citations (References), Humanities, Indexing
Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J.; And Others – Library Quarterly, 1993
Reports a study that analyzed natural language search statements constructed by 22 Getty Visiting Scholars as they researched humanities topics on DIALOG. Results show a greater use of names, geographical areas, chronological periods, and discipline terms than scientists use, with implications for the design of humanities online systems and…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Geographic Regions
Direct linkOlson, Hope A. – Library Quarterly, 2006
This article reports the results of a quantitative and thematic content analysis of the organization of information literature in the "Library Quarterly" ("LQ") between its inception in 1931 and 2004. The majority of articles in this category were published in the first half of "LQ's" run. Prominent themes have included cataloging codes and the…
Descriptors: Library Science, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Time Perspective
