Fiction Retrieval: Experimental Design and Evaluation of a Search System Based on Users' Value Criteria (Part 2).

Pejtersen, Annelise Mark; Austin, Jutta

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Publication Date: 1984

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Fiction Retrieval: Experimental Design and Evaluation of a Search System Based on Users' Value Criteria (Part 2).

Pejtersen, Annelise Mark; Austin, Jutta

Journal of Documentation, v40 n1 p25-35 Mar 1984

Describes the development and evaluation of a new classification system for fiction which is based on an analysis of users' formulations of needs. Problems of concept identification (author's intention, citation order, vocabulary control, and choice of access terms) are highlighted. Examples of questions used in retrieval tests and 20 references are appended. (EJS)

Descriptors: Citations (References), Classification, Fiction, Foreign Countries, Indexing, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms

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Identifiers - Location: Denmark

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