Techniques to Improve Subject Retrieval in Online Catalogs: Flexible Access to Elements in the Bibliographic Record.

Connell, Tschera Harkness

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Publication Date: 1991

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Techniques to Improve Subject Retrieval in Online Catalogs: Flexible Access to Elements in the Bibliographic Record.

Connell, Tschera Harkness

Information Technology and Libraries, v10 n2 p87-98 Jun 1991

Discussion of improving subject access in online library catalogs focuses on a study that used a book description from "Book Review Digest" to evaluate the information on the bibliographic record found on the OCLC database. Matching by Library of Congress Subject Headings and by keywords in the title are discussed. (22 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Literature Reviews, Online Catalogs, Subject Index Terms

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