System Meets User: Problems in Matching Subject Search Terms.

Bates, Marcia J.

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System Meets User: Problems in Matching Subject Search Terms

Bates, Marcia J.

Information Processing and Management, 13, 6, 367-75, Nov 77

Sixty-one students provided the Library of Congress (LC) subject terms they would use to search an academic library catalog in 30 hypothetical searches. Students had difficulty developing strategies. The study concluded that LC subject cataloging needs rationalization. (KP)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Research, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms

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