Indexing Consistency: The Input/Output Function of Thesauri.

Reich, Phyllis; Biever, Erik J.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Indexing Consistency: The Input/Output Function of Thesauri.

Reich, Phyllis; Biever, Erik J.

College and Research Libraries, v52 n4 p336-42 Jul 1991

Describes a study that was conducted to determine how well subject authority lists, or thesauri, control indexing vocabulary. Indexer consistency using the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux (CAB) thesaurus was tested by comparing indexing done by CAB and by National Agricultural Library (NAL) indexers. (six references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Subject Index Terms, Thesauri, Vocabulary

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Language: English

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