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Mai, Jens-Erik – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Analyzes key problems associated with representation of the intellectual content of digital objects. Presents a framework for analysis based on Peirce's notion of unlimited semiosis. This analysis is based on the assumption that every element in the subject indexing process could be regarded a sign. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedMichel, Dee Andy – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Presents a taxonomy of 11 sources of information used during library and database searching based on observations of 49 searches in a variety of libraries and search situations. Three categories of sources are identified: those internal to the searcher, those created by the searcher, and those external to the searcher. (Contains 54 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Databases
