The Functions of Abstracts in the Initial Screening of Technical Documents by the User.

Thompson, Charles W. N.

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ERIC Number: EJ086473

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Publication Date: 1973

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The Functions of Abstracts in the Initial Screening of Technical Documents by the User

Thompson, Charles W. N.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 24, 4, 270-276, Jul-Aug 73

Abstracts of a document have been generally considered a valuable aid to the reader in quickly determining the relevance of a document. A test of this hypothesis in three military laboratories was not supported. (71 references) (Author/SJ)

Descriptors: Abstracts, Information Utilization, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Research Reports

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