Sources and Use of Search Terms in Online Searching.

Spink, Amanda; Saracevic, Tefko

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ERIC Number: EJ454828

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Publication Date: 1992

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Sources and Use of Search Terms in Online Searching.

Spink, Amanda; Saracevic, Tefko

Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v29 p249-55 1992

This report, selected from the results of a larger study of online searching, focuses on the sources of search terms. Terms from users, professional intermediaries, thesauri, and relevance feedback are examined; and the relevance of retrieved items is discussed for each source of search terms as well as for combinations of sources. (12 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Feedback, Interviews, Man Machine Systems, Online Searching, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Tables (Data), Thesauri, Users (Information)

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