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Peer reviewedBallard, Terry; Lifshin, Arthur – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Reports on a study that examined spelling errors of keywords in a university library online catalog. Data are presented on distribution of errors by machine-readable catalog (MARC) field location, part of speech, origin of the bibliographic record, and error type. Commonly misspelled word roots and specific mistakes are listed. (12 references)…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, College Libraries, Error Patterns, Higher Education
