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Crisis in Cataloging Revisited: The Year's Work in Subject Analysis, 1990.
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Young, James Bradford – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Reviews the 1990 literature that concerns subject analysis. Issues addressed include subject cataloging, including Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH); classification, including Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Library of Congress Classification, and classification in online systems; subject access, including the online use of…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification
DORS: DDC Online Retrieval System.
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Liu, Songqiao; Svenonius, Elaine – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Describes the Dewey Online Retrieval System (DORS), which was developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to experiment with classification-based search strategies in online catalogs. Classification structures in automated information retrieval are discussed; and specifications for a classification retrieval interface are…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Classification, College Libraries, Dewey Decimal Classification
Subject-Searching Experiences and Needs of Online Catalog Users: Implications for Library Classification.
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Markey, Karen – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
This paper describes an experiment in the use of Dewey Decimal Classification in online catalogs to introduce classed approach to subject searching of library collections, enhance subject terminology indexed in online catalog, and provide possibilities for search strategies not possible through alphabetical approach of subject headings and/or…
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Display Systems, Information Needs
Searching MARC/DPS Records for Area Studies: Comparative Results Using Keywords, LC and DC Class Numbers
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Hudson, Judith A. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1970
Keyword searches in title statement and subject headings retrieved more relevant references than search by LC or Dewey class numbers or by scanning the Dewey class numbers for area codes. An analysis of false drops was made to determine how the search strategy could be improved. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Computer Programs, Keywords
Use of Classification in Online Retrieval.
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Svenonius, Elaine – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1983
Six uses of classification in online retrieval systems are envisioned--to improve recall and precision; to conceptualize meaning of vague search terms; to provide structure for browsing; to provide framework for retrieval of nonbibliographic information; to collocate citations; and to achieve compatibility of retrieval languages. Seven sources are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval
Analysis of a Bibliographic Database Enhanced with a Library Classification.
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Drabenstott, Karen Markey; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990
Describes a project that examined the effects of incorporating subject terms from the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) into a bibliographic database. It is concluded that the incorporation of DDC and possibly other library classifications into online catalogs can enhance subject access and provide additional subject searching strategies. (11…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Dewey Decimal Classification, Machine Readable Cataloging
Enhancing Subject Access in Online Systems: The Year's Work in Subject Analysis, 1991.
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Taylor, Arlene G. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Review of the 1991 literature on subject access in online systems discusses users and subject searching; subject access in online catalogs, including improvement of the database, search processing, the user interface, and user understanding; subject cataloging and indexing; information retrieval; thesaurus and indexing approaches; classification;…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Futures (of Society), Indexing