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Adler, Melissa – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
Perhaps the greatest power of folksonomies, especially when set against controlled vocabularies like the Library of Congress Subject Headings, lies in their capacity to empower user communities to name their own resources in their own terms. This article analyzes the potential and limitations of both folksonomies and controlled vocabularies for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cataloging, Online Catalogs, Library Research
Edwards, Tom, Ed. – 1975
Six major indexing and abstracting services were studied to isolate similarities and differences, obtain raw data, and attempt to estimate primary material covered by the services. The 1973 issues of all services were examined and statistics were obtained for periodical and non-periodical entries. Data were analyzed and the services compared by:…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Comparative Analysis, Indexing, Information Science