A Study of Indexing Consistency between Library of Congress and British Library Catalogers.

Tonta, Yasar

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Publication Date: 1991

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A Study of Indexing Consistency between Library of Congress and British Library Catalogers.

Tonta, Yasar

Library Resources and Technical Services, v35 n2 p177-85 Apr 1991

Discussion of indexing consistency and its possible effect on information retrieval focuses on a study that compared indexing (or cataloging) consistency between Library of Congress catalogers and British Library catalogers assigning Library of Congress Subject Headings. The average indexing consistency value is calculated for 82 titles in library and information science. (14 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Reliability, Subject Index Terms

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