Subject indexing in humanities: a comparison between a local university repository and an international bibliographic service

• Published in: Journal of documentation Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 1193 - 1214
• Main Authors: Golub, Koraljka, Tyrkkö, Jukka, Hansson, Joacim, Ahlström, Ida
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 05.10.2020; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Algorithms; Alliances; Bibliographic data bases; Bibliographic Databases; Bibliographies; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Cataloging rules; Citation indexes; Classification; Classification schemes; Comparative Analysis; Digital humanities; Digital libraries; Discovery tools; Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records-FRBR; Humanities; Indexing; Information Needs; Information Services; Institutional repositories; Intellectual Disciplines; Interdisciplinary studies; International Organizations; Knowledge organization; Library and Information Science; Library associations; Library catalogs; Natural language; Objectives; Online Searching; Periodicals; Policies; R&D; Repositories; Research & development; Research and Development; Researchers; Resistance (Psychology); Search strategies; Semantics; Subject indexing; Humanities; Digital humanities; Institutional repositories; Knowledge organization; Bibliographic databases; Digital libraries; Subject indexing

PurposeAs the humanities develop in the realm of increasingly more pronounced digital scholarship, it is important to provide quality subject access to a vast range of heterogeneous information objects in digital services. The study aims to paint a representative picture of the current state of affa...