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Main Authors: Ballard, Terry, Lifshin, Arthur
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ448943
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  • Prediction of OPAC Spelling Errors through a Keyword Inventory. Ballard, Terry Lifshin, Arthur Bibliographic Utilities College Libraries Error Patterns Higher Education Machine Readable Cataloging Online Catalogs Problems Spelling Statistical Distributions Tables (Data) Reports on a study that examined spelling errors of keywords in a university library online catalog. Data are presented on distribution of errors by machine-readable catalog (MARC) field location, part of speech, origin of the bibliographic record, and error type. Commonly misspelled word roots and specific mistakes are listed. (12 references) (MES)