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Main Authors: Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline, Walker, Stephen
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ457830
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  • An Evaluation of Automatic Query Expansion in an Online Library Catalogue. Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline Walker, Stephen College Libraries Evaluation Methods Foreign Countries Higher Education Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Relevance (Information Retrieval) Search Strategies Tables (Data) User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) Describes evaluation of an automatic query expansion (AQE) facility in the Okapi System, an online library catalog at City University in London (England). Results of transaction log analysis, search replays, questionnaires, and interviews are presented; and findings are discussed which indicate that AQE was beneficial in many searches. (12 references) (MES)