Mapping Laborline Thesaurus Terms to Library of Congress Subject Headings: Implications for Vocabulary Switching.

Chaplan, Margaret A.

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Mapping Laborline Thesaurus Terms to Library of Congress Subject Headings: Implications for Vocabulary Switching.

Chaplan, Margaret A.

Library Quarterly, v65 n1 p39-61 Jan 1995

A study for assessing automatic vocabulary switching from a thesaurus to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) revealed that a maximum 61%, but a more realistic 41.5%, of the terms could be switched automatically; as long as LCSH is used for subject descriptions in online catalogs, interfaces for vocabulary switching can only be partially successful. (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cataloging, Code Switching (Language), Computer Interfaces, Databases, Definitions, Library Networks, Online Catalogs, Subject Index Terms, Thesauri

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