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Main Authors: Jamieson, Alexis J., And Others
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ342900
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  • Keyword Searching vs. Authority Control in an Online Catalog. Jamieson, Alexis J. And Others Information Retrieval Library Automation Library Catalogs Library Research Statistical Analysis Subject Index Terms Study conducted at the University of Western Ontario explored whether use of keywords of an online catalog would be a satisfactory alternative to self cross referencing for locating variant subject heading forms. Random comparison of machine readable cataloging with Library of Congress authorities demonstrated the desirability of cross reference systems. (CDD)