The Decline of Subject Searching: Long-Term Trends and Patterns of Index Use in an Online Catalog.

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Main Author: Larson, Ray R.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1991
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contents The Decline of Subject Searching: Long-Term Trends and Patterns of Index Use in an Online Catalog. Larson, Ray R. Academic Libraries Data Analysis Higher Education Library Catalogs Mathematical Models Online Catalogs Problems Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Use Studies User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) Describes a study that used transaction log analysis to investigate the use of subject searching in the University of California's Online Union Catalog, MELVYL. Mathematical models of trends and patterns in the data are presented, problems with subject searching are explained, and remedies to subject searching problems are suggested. (62 references) (LRW)
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spellingShingle The Decline of Subject Searching: Long-Term Trends and Patterns of Index Use in an Online Catalog.
Larson, Ray R.
Academic Libraries
Data Analysis
Higher Education
Library Catalogs
Mathematical Models
Online Catalogs
Problems
Search Strategies
Subject Index Terms
Use Studies
User Needs (Information)
User Satisfaction (Information)
The Decline of Subject Searching: Long-Term Trends and Patterns of Index Use in an Online Catalog. Larson, Ray R. Academic Libraries Data Analysis Higher Education Library Catalogs Mathematical Models Online Catalogs Problems Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Use Studies User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) Describes a study that used transaction log analysis to investigate the use of subject searching in the University of California's Online Union Catalog, MELVYL. Mathematical models of trends and patterns in the data are presented, problems with subject searching are explained, and remedies to subject searching problems are suggested. (62 references) (LRW)
title The Decline of Subject Searching: Long-Term Trends and Patterns of Index Use in an Online Catalog.
topic Academic Libraries
Data Analysis
Higher Education
Library Catalogs
Mathematical Models
Online Catalogs
Problems
Search Strategies
Subject Index Terms
Use Studies
User Needs (Information)
User Satisfaction (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ426099