A Comparison of Manual and Online Searching of Government Document Indexes.

Murphy, Cynthia E.

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Publication Date: 1985

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A Comparison of Manual and Online Searching of Government Document Indexes.

Murphy, Cynthia E.

Government Information Quarterly, v2 n2 p169-81 1985

Examines online and printed equivalents of selected government documents indexes to compare the recall, precision, overlap, and cost effectiveness of online and manual searching. Indexes studied were the Monthly Catalog, CIS (Congressional Information Service) Index, and Government Reports Announcements and Index. (CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliographies, Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Databases, Government Publications, Indexes, Information Retrieval, Online Systems, Reference Services, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies

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Language: English

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