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Macleod, Ian A. – Information Processing and Management, 1990
Describes a conceptual model for bibliographic data called Maestro (Management Environment for Structured Text Retrieval and Organization) that is being developed both to support structured documents in databases, and to provide a query language to link information contained in these structures. Traditional text retrieval systems are discussed,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Documentation, Information Retrieval, Models
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Whitney, Gretchen – Information Processing and Management, 1991
The records in "Population Bibliography," a database developed by the Library of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, were analyzed to determine the degree to which library policies and practices affected its international development, and to assess the degree to which the database…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Database Design, Financial Support, International Studies
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Bonzi, Susan; Liddy, Elizabeth – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Describes a study that supported two hypotheses concerning the use of anaphors in information retrieval: first, that anaphors tend to refer to integral concepts rather than peripheral concepts; second, that various term weighting schemes are affected differently by anaphoric resolution. The implications for the use of anaphoric resolution for…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Classification, Information Retrieval
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Bookstein, A. – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Presents a set-oriented view of information retrieval and defines a precise model to capture this approach. A number of consequences of the model, such as the limitations implied by a finite index vocabulary, are examined, and the various ways in which the set orientation can influence thinking about information retrieval is discussed. (14…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Measurement Techniques
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Shaw, W. M., Jr. – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Investigates retrieval performance of controlled and uncontrolled subject representations as a function of retrieval expectation in the cystic fibrosis (CF) database. (Contains 22 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cystic Fibrosis, Information Retrieval, Performance Factors
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Hood, William; Wilson, Concepcion S. – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Summarizes the findings of a recent study on the indexing practices used in the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database. Descriptors, or indexing terms, from the thesaurus are analyzed; searching implications are discussed; and the relationship between the classification code and the descriptors is examined. (Contains 21…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Classification, Indexing, Library Science
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Jeng, Ling Hwey – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Describes a study which investigated the general patterns and level of applicability of Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR2). It is suggested that designers and revisers of AACR2 should reduce the number of rules of very limited applicability levels and enhance the rule contents for application domains to expand the usefulness of AACR2. (SD)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer System Design, Evaluation Needs
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Fox, Edward A.; Koll, Matthew B. – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Provides an overview of methods for improving the effectiveness of Boolean retrieval systems, including document clustering, relevance feedback, weighted term searching, ranked output, and fuzzy set theory. The discussion of experimental studies with the SMART and SIRE systems focuses on the implementation and results of these methods. (69…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Full Text Databases
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Huffman, G. David – Information Processing and Management, 1990
Discussion of online bibliographic database searches focuses on a software system, SORT-AID/SABRE, that ranks retrieved citations in terms of relevance. Results of a comprehensive user evaluation of the relevance ranking procedure to determine its effectiveness are presented, and implications for future work are suggested. (10 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Citations (References), Computer Software, Correlation
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Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Describes an investigation of tools, techniques, and methods for the evaluation of interactive library catalogs, with emphasis on diagnostic methods and on use of the catalog in the wider context of user information-seeking behavior. A front-end system (Olive) developed to test various enhancements of traditional transaction lodging as a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods