Discovering Hidden Analogies in an Online Humanities Database.

Cory, Kenneth A.

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ERIC Number: EJ580634

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Publication Date: 1997

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Discovering Hidden Analogies in an Online Humanities Database.

Cory, Kenneth A.

Computers and the Humanities, v31 n1 p1-12 1997

Contends that large databases contain hidden knowledge, or literature that is logically linked but not bibliographically linked, that contains academically interesting commonalities not retrievable by normal searching methods. Based on search methods for discovering previously unknown causes of medical syndromes, a method for discovering new humanities analogies is constructed and tested. (DSK)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Databases, Humanities, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Methods Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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