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Carlyle, Allyson – Journal of Documentation, 1999
Examines users' categorization of documents related to a particular literary work. After finishing the sorting task, participants wrote descriptions of the attributes used to create each group. Content analysis of these descriptions revealed categories of attributes for grouping, many of which exist in bibliographic records and may be used to…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Classification
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Kushkowski, Jeffrey D.; Gerhard, Kristin H.; Dobson, Cynthia – Journal of Documentation, 1998
The Simple Index Method overcomes the difficulties in building a core list for serials in interdisciplinary fields by using multiple indexes which cover various aspects of the subject. Collection-development librarians can develop a core list when standard bibliographies or specific indexing and abstracting tools are lacking and can tailor that…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Indexes