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Enhancing Subject Access to OPACs: Controlled Vocabulary vs. Natural Language.
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Cousins, Shirley Anne – Journal of Documentation, 1992
Investigation of retrieval performance of controlled vocabulary derived from natural language terms in tables of contents and book indexes assumed that controlled vocabulary representative of users' queries should adequately represent documents' contents. Queries were indexed using Library of Congress Subject Headings (LSCH), Dewey Decimal…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dewey Decimal Classification, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Classification in Information Retrieval: The Twenty Years Following Dorking.
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Coates, E. J. – Journal of Documentation, 1978
Discusses theoretical and practical progress made in the classification of information for retrieval in the last 20 years and suggests alternatives to the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems. (JVP)
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Documentation, Indexing