To Boolean or Not To Boolean.

Hildreth, Charles R.

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To Boolean or Not To Boolean.

Hildreth, Charles R.

Information Technology and Libraries, v2 n3 p235-37 Sep 1983

This editorial addresses the issue of whether or not to provide free-text, keyword/boolean search capabilities in the information retrieval mechanisms of online public access catalogs and discusses online catalogs developed prior to 1980--keyword searching, phrase searching, and precoordination and postcoordination. (EJS)

Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Library Planning, Online Systems, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms

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