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Indexing and Access for Digital Libraries and the Internet: Human, Database, and Domain Factors.
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Bates, Marcia J. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
Discusses indexing and access to digital resources, especially on the Internet. Topics include subject searching versus indexing; multiple terms of access; folk classification; basic level terms; folk access; Bradford's Law; Zipfian distributions; vocabulary scalability; the Resnikoff-Dolby 30:1 Rule; domain-specific indexing; and implications for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Design Requirements, Electronic Libraries
Internet Web-Searching Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: Building a Foundation for Information Literacy.
Kafai, Yasmin; Bates, Marcia J. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1997
The SNAPdragon (School Network Action Project) project investigated how elementary school children interact with the Internet by asking them to build an annotated directory of World Wide Web sites for other children. Describes instructional arrangements and development of searching skills; and discusses critical thinking skills and interschool…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Directories