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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 8
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The Missing Link: Context Loss in Online Databases
Mi, Jia; Nesta, Frederick
Journal of Academic Librarianship, v31 n6 p578-585 Nov 2005
Full-text databases do not allow for the complexity of the interaction of the human eye and brain with printed matter. As a result, both content and context may be lost. The authors propose additional indexing fields that would maintain the content and context of print in electronic formats.
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Publishing Industry, Electronic Journals, Context Effect, Online Systems, Content Area Reading
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Language: English
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