Testing a New Design for Subject Searching in Online Catalogs.

Drabenstott, Karen M.; Weller, Marjorie S.

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ERIC Number: EJ478035

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Testing a New Design for Subject Searching in Online Catalogs.

Drabenstott, Karen M.; Weller, Marjorie S.

Library Hi Tech, v12 n1 p67-76,86 1994

Describes a project that demonstrates subject searching in an experimental online catalog based on academic library databases that were enhanced with search trees; compares the retrieval effectiveness of search trees with random subject searching approaches; evaluates system and retrieval effectiveness; and discusses proposed research. (Contains 14 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Grants, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Research Needs, Search Strategies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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