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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2001
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ635472 |
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Table of Contents:
- Semiotics and Indexing: An Analysis of the Subject Indexing Process. Mai, Jens-Erik Authority Control (Information) Indexes Indexing Information Retrieval Information Science Information Seeking Library Science Natural Language Processing Semiotics Subject Index Terms Explains some major problems related to the subject indexing process and proposes semiotics as a framework for understanding the interpretive nature of the process. Explores the approach to studies of indexing and library and information science suggested by Fairthorne, Blair, Benediktsson, and others. Offers an explanation of what occurs in the indexing process and suggests there is only little certainty to its result. (AEF)