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ERIC Number: EJ639508
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0418
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Some Critical Remarks on the Stop Word Lists of ISI Publications.
Tomov, D. T.
Journal of Documentation, v57 n6 p798-808 Nov 2001
A semantic analysis of the "Weekly Subject Index Stop Word List" of "Current Contents" of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and the full-stop word and semi-stop word lists of the Permuterm Subject Index of "Science Citation Index" was conducted. Emphasizes the necessity of an improved, semantically-oriented policy in preparing lists of full-stop and semi-stop words used in databases worldwide. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Citations (References), Data Analysis, Databases, Indexes, Indexing, Information Policy, Information Retrieval, Publications, Semantics, Subject Index Terms
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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