Semantic Similarities between a Keyword Database and a Controlled Vocabulary Database: An Investigation in the Antibiotic Resistance Literature.

Qin, Jian

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ERIC Number: EJ606863

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Publication Date: 2000

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Semantic Similarities between a Keyword Database and a Controlled Vocabulary Database: An Investigation in the Antibiotic Resistance Literature.

Qin, Jian

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v51 n2 p166-80 Jan 15 2000

Explores similarities or dissimilarities between citation-semantic and analytic indexing based on a study of records in the Science Citation Index and MEDLINE databases on antibiotic resistance in pneumonia. Concludes that disparate indexing terms may be an advantage for better recall and precision in information retrieval. (Contains 42 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Keywords, Medicine, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Semantics, Subject Index Terms

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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