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ERIC Number: EJ434745
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Conceptual Organization and Retrieval of Text by Historians: The Role of Memory and Metaphor.
Case, Donald Owen
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v42 n9 p657-68 Oct 1991
Examines how users interact with text to devise a more effective information retrieval interface. Research in cognitive psychology and information science that relates to the use of metaphors and document categorization is reviewed, and an example of text organization and retrieval by historians is presented. (60 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Computer System Design, Documentation, Futures (of Society), Historians, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Information Storage, Information Utilization, Interviews, Literature Reviews, Man Machine Systems, Memory, Metaphors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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