Improving Personal-Name Searching in Online Catalogs.
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1996
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| author | Drabenstott, Karen M. Weller, Marjorie S. |
| author_facet | Drabenstott, Karen M. Weller, Marjorie S. Drabenstott, Karen M. Weller, Marjorie S. |
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| contents | Improving Personal-Name Searching in Online Catalogs. Drabenstott, Karen M. Weller, Marjorie S. Bibliographic Records Computer System Design Cues Data Analysis Indexing Information Retrieval Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Online Searching Performance Factors Screen Design (Computers) Subject Index Terms Users (Information) This article studies the performance of online catalog user queries involving personal names and recommends system improvements based on the results. It examines various personal name queries, the construction of bibliographic data, and subject headings. Testing done on an experimental online catalog found search tree designs to reduce system failures. System prompts also produced more accurate results. (LAM) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ532908 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1996 |
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| spellingShingle | Improving Personal-Name Searching in Online Catalogs. Drabenstott, Karen M. Weller, Marjorie S. Bibliographic Records Computer System Design Cues Data Analysis Indexing Information Retrieval Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Online Searching Performance Factors Screen Design (Computers) Subject Index Terms Users (Information) Improving Personal-Name Searching in Online Catalogs. Drabenstott, Karen M. Weller, Marjorie S. Bibliographic Records Computer System Design Cues Data Analysis Indexing Information Retrieval Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Online Searching Performance Factors Screen Design (Computers) Subject Index Terms Users (Information) This article studies the performance of online catalog user queries involving personal names and recommends system improvements based on the results. It examines various personal name queries, the construction of bibliographic data, and subject headings. Testing done on an experimental online catalog found search tree designs to reduce system failures. System prompts also produced more accurate results. (LAM) |
| title | Improving Personal-Name Searching in Online Catalogs. |
| topic | Bibliographic Records Computer System Design Cues Data Analysis Indexing Information Retrieval Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Online Searching Performance Factors Screen Design (Computers) Subject Index Terms Users (Information) |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ532908 |