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Peer reviewedHood, William; Wilson, Concepcion S. – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Summarizes the findings of a recent study on the indexing practices used in the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database. Descriptors, or indexing terms, from the thesaurus are analyzed; searching implications are discussed; and the relationship between the classification code and the descriptors is examined. (Contains 21…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Classification, Indexing, Library Science
Peer reviewedMartin, M. Marlene – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1991
Discusses problems encountered in creating a subject thesaurus for the "Ethnographic Bibliography of North America" that is adequate for both print and CD-ROM formats. Topics discussed include postcoordination versus precoordination of terms; precision and recall; natural language versus controlled vocabulary; free-text searching; and…
Descriptors: Databases, Ethnography, Indexes, Indexing
Peer reviewedStebelman, Scott – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discussion of research in the humanities focuses on the "MLA International Bibliography," the primary database for literary research. Highlights include comparisons to research in the sciences; humanities vocabulary; database search techniques; contextual indexing; examples of searches; thesauri; and software. (43 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Databases
