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ERIC Number: EJ441718
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8231
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Evaluation of Advanced Retrieval Techniques in an Experimental Online Catalog.
Larson, Ray R.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v43 n1 p34-53 Jan 1992
Discusses subject searching problems in online library catalogs; explains advanced information retrieval (IR) techniques; and describes experiments conducted on a test collection database, CHESHIRE (California Hybrid Extended SMART for Hypertext and Information Retrieval Experimentation), which was created to evaluate IR techniques in online catalog systems. (80 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Mathematical Formulas, Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Problems, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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