Abstracts and Abstracting in Knowledge Discovery.

Pinto, Maria; Lancaster, F. W.

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ERIC Number: EJ595491

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Abstracts and Abstracting in Knowledge Discovery.

Pinto, Maria; Lancaster, F. W.

Library Trends, v48 n1 p234-48 Sum 1999

Presents various levels of criteria for judging the quality of abstracts and abstracting. Requirements for abstracts to be read by humans are compared with requirements for those to be searched by computer. Concludes that the wide availability of complete text in electronic form does not reduce the value of abstracts for information retrieval. Contains 43 references. (Author/MES)

Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Electronic Text, Evaluation Criteria, Information Retrieval, Literature Reviews, Quality Control

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue topic: "Knowledge Discovery in Bibliographic Databases."