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Pejterson, Annelise Mark; Austin, Jutta – Journal of Documentation, 1983
Description of classification schemes for fiction book retrieval covers traditional methods, universal systems, special systems, genre systems, and development of the AMP-classification system based on multidimensional analysis of users' requests (subject matter, setting, author's intention, accessibility). Trial applications and retrieval tests,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Fiction, Foreign Countries
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Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1995
An online library catalog was used to evaluate an interactive query expansion facility based on relevance feedback for the Okapi, probabilistic, term weighting, retrieval system. A graphical user interface allowed searchers to select candidate terms extracted from relevant retrieved items to reformulate queries. Results suggested that the…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Evaluation, Feedback
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Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline – Journal of Documentation, 1990
Describes a study at the City University (London) that was conducted to evaluate the impact of an online catalog on subject searching behavior. Methods of using the catalog and browsing at the shelves are examined, and results are compared with an earlier study of subject searching with a manual PRECIS index. (25 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indexes
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Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline; Walker, Stephen – Journal of Documentation, 1992
Describes evaluation of an automatic query expansion (AQE) facility in the Okapi System, an online library catalog at City University in London (England). Results of transaction log analysis, search replays, questionnaires, and interviews are presented; and findings are discussed which indicate that AQE was beneficial in many searches. (12…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education