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Alvarez, P.; Pulgarin, A. – Journal of Information Science, 1999
Describes a method for measuring research information from thematic references such as headings and subheadings that are used in indexing, cataloging, and online searching, using the Rasch model as the measuring instrument. Discusses results of a search of anesthesiology in the Medline database that was used as a case study. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Anesthesiology, Case Studies, Cataloging, Databases