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Main Authors: Lancaster, F. W., And Others
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ436204
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Table of Contents:
  • Identifying Barriers to Effective Subject Access in Library Catalogs. Lancaster, F. W. And Others Bibliographic Databases Cataloging College Libraries Higher Education Library Catalogs Library Research Literature Reviews Online Catalogs Problems Relevance (Information Retrieval) Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Tables (Data) Describes a study conducted at the University of Illinois to test the effectiveness of subject access in the online bibliographic catalog. Relevance is examined and possible methods of improving subject access are described. Results suggest that significant improvements are not possible within the constraints of existing subject cataloging practice. (29 references) (LRW)