Indexing and Access for Digital Libraries and the Internet: Human, Database, and Domain Factors.

Bates, Marcia J.

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Publication Date: 1998

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Indexing and Access for Digital Libraries and the Internet: Human, Database, and Domain Factors.

Bates, Marcia J.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v49 n13 p1185-1205 Nov 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 information system design. Contains 106 references. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Design Requirements, Electronic Libraries, Indexing, Information Systems, Internet, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms

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Language: English

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