A Logic Assistant for the Database Searcher.

Heine, M. H.

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Publication Date: 1988

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A Logic Assistant for the Database Searcher.

Heine, M. H.

Information Processing and Management, v24 n3 p323-29 1988

Discusses the feasibility and advantages of developing an enhancement for document retrieval systems that would automatically impose Boolean syntax on an input set of search terms. An online specification for such an enhancement is presented, based on experimental results using the MEDLINE database. (13 references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems, Online Searching, Search Strategies, Syntax, Systems Development, User Needs (Information)

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Language: English

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