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A Natural Language Thesaurus for the Humanities: The Need for a Database Search Aid.

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Knapp, Sara D.; Cohen, Laura B.; Juedes, D. R. – Library Quarterly, 1998

A study to determine the value to humanists of a thesaurus integrating free-text terms from the humanities and social sciences found a high degree of overlap, suggesting that such a thesaurus would be useful to scholars in both disciplines. Results also demonstrated that combining controlled vocabulary and free-text term searching yielded more…

Descriptors: Databases, Humanities, Information Retrieval, Needs Assessment

An Analysis of Search Terminology Used by Humanities Scholars: The Getty Online Searching Project Report Number 1.

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Bates, Marcia J.; And Others – Library Quarterly, 1993

Reports a study that analyzed natural language search statements constructed by 22 Getty Visiting Scholars as they researched humanities topics on DIALOG. Results show a greater use of names, geographical areas, chronological periods, and discipline terms than scientists use, with implications for the design of humanities online systems and…

Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Geographic Regions