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Applying Meta-Analysis to Library and Information Science Research.
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Trahan, Eric – Library Quarterly, 1993
Describes and discusses metanalysis and criticisms of the methodology. Reports on a pilot study which tested the feasibility of metanalytic methods in library science research using the literature on paper- or computer-based information retrieval. (28 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Effect Size, Information Retrieval, Library Research
Is Information Retrieval in the Arts and Humanities Inherently Different from That in Science? The Effect That ISI's Citation Index for the Arts and Humanities Is Expected to Have on Future Scholarship.
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Garfield, Eugene – Library Quarterly, 1980
Contrasts the nature of citation practices in the sciences and in the humanities, and details the workings of the Institute for Scientific Information's new Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Fifteen references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Fine Arts, Humanities, Information Retrieval
Classification Clustering, Probabilistic Information Retrieval, and the Online Catalog.
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Larson, Ray R. – Library Quarterly, 1991
Discusses problems with subject searches in online library catalogs and examines theoretical principles for the design of effective information retrieval systems. Probabilistic ranking methods are discussed, and an experimental online catalog called CHESHIRE is described. It is noted that CHESHIRE uses classification clustering, provides natural…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs
Inducing Expertise in History Doctoral Students via Information Retrieval Design.
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Cole, Charles – Library Quarterly, 2000
Investigates cognitive effects of history doctoral students writing information about names pertinent to their study on index cards and recognizing patterns among the data elements. Highlights include schemata theory; theories on expert cognition; the development of expert thinking; and an information retrieval system that facilitates name…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Collection, Doctoral Programs, History
On the Use of Form Headings in an Alphabetical Catalog.
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Lubetzky, Seymour – Library Quarterly, 1999
Originally written in the 1950s, this article addresses the question of subdividing and grouping entries under a given author as a main entry that paved the way for the American Library Association's Catalog Code Revision of 1967. It also includes referee responses by Elaine Svenonius, Allyson Carlyle, and Michael Carpenter. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authors, Cataloging, Information Processing, Information Retrieval