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Peer reviewedMcKinin, Emma Jean; And Others – Online Review, 1989
Suggests ways to increase precision when searching full text files on BRS, Mead Data Central and DIALOG. All of the techniques are based on achieving repetition of central concepts as expressed in natural language. Schematic representations of strategies and sample searches on each of the three systems are provided. (10 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Full Text Databases, Heuristics, Online Searching
Download full textWhite, Marilyn Domas – 1989
This paper describes online newsmedia databases which have been intentionally designed to respond to needs for information that is more current than the information in printed indexes or online versions of these indexes. It is suggested that these databases are useful to libraries because, in addition to subject indexing, they have "word…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Full Text Databases, Indexing
Peer reviewedMcKinin, Emma Jean; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Describes a project that was designed to test the relative efficacy of index terms and full-text for the retrieval of documents in MEDLINE journals. Precision and relevance of citations retrieved from full-text databases versus bibliographic databases is discussed, and the addition of MEDLINE indexing to enhance full-text medical journals is…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Full Text Databases
Peer reviewedKircz, Joost G. – Journal of Documentation, 1991
Addresses problems with automated bibliographic and full-text storage of scientific articles. The role of the scientific article is described, the structure is explained, current indexing and information retrieval techniques are criticized, new possibilities using a rhetoric syntax or argumentational syntax are explored, and the use of hypertext…
Descriptors: Full Text Databases, Hypermedia, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Hersh, William R.; Hickman, David H. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Describes a study that compared two information retrieval systems on a full-text medical database: one featured concept-based automatic indexing and statistical retrieval techniques, and the second used traditional word-based Boolean techniques. Evaluation of search results by calculating relative recall and precision is discussed, and user…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Witten, Ian H.; Nevill-Manning, Craig G.; Cunningham, Sally Jo – 1996
This paper discusses the indexing, collection, and maintenance processes, as well as the retrieval interface, to public digital libraries. The paper begins by briefly surveying both Internet technical report collections and World Wide Web search engines. It goes on to describe a prototype digital library, the New Zealand Digital Library for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Interfaces, Computer Science
