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Dalrymple, Prudence W.; Younger, Jennifer A. – College and Research Libraries, 1991
Proposes that methods intended to assist in information retrieval be grouped together and that the group be called "informed retrieval," a process which uses feedback from an information system to improve retrieval results. It is suggested that an integrated framework be developed that includes authority control and informed retrieval as…
Descriptors: Databases, Heuristics, Higher Education, Indexing
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McCarthy, Constance – College and Research Libraries, 1986
This essay addresses issue of uniformity or consistency in application of subject headings--as distinct from consistency among headings--to books on any given topic. Discussion covers purpose of subject headings or descriptors, reliability of choices made by catalogers when assigning subject headings, and card and online catalogs. (18 references)…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval
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Byrne, Alex; Micco, Mary – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Describes a project intended to improve subject access in an online catalog by adding multiword terms from the table of contents and index to MARC records for each book. The discussion covers a preliminary evaluation of the impact on workload, resources, and subject access to information. (seven references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Repp, Joan M.; Glaviano, Cliff – College and Research Libraries, 1987
The use of locally produced dissertations by extramural scholars was examined in four Ohio academic libraries. The results include identification of users by type of institution; purpose for which the dissertations were used; and tools and approaches successfully used in identifying and locating the desired dissertations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Doctoral Dissertations