Searchers' Selection of Search Keys. I. The Selection Routine; II. Controlled Vocabulary or Free-Text Searching; and III. Searching Styles

These three articles discuss online search key selection based on observations of professional online searchers, interviews, and analyses of the verbal and search protocols involved. The selection routine is described, the use of controlled vocabulary versus free text searching is examined, and sear...

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Published inJournal of the American Society for Information Science Vol. 42; no. 7; pp. 490 - 527
Main Author Fidel, Raya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY John Wiley & Sons 01.08.1991
Subjects
Case Studies
Exact sciences and technology
Expert Systems
Full Text Databases
Information and communication sciences
Information processing and retrieval
Information retrieval systems. Information and document management system
Information retrieval. Man machine relationship
Information science. Documentation
Interviews
Observation
Online Searching
Relevance (Information Retrieval)
Research process. Evaluation
Sciences and techniques of general use
Search Keys
Search Strategies
Subject Index Terms
Thesauri
Search strategy
Word
Keyword
Search key
Expert system
Selection
Use
Cognition
Process
Text
Modeling
Case study
Document retrieval
Controlled vocabulary
Descriptor
Cognitive style
Artificial intelligence
User behavior
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ISSN0002-8231
1097-4571

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Summary:These three articles discuss online search key selection based on observations of professional online searchers, interviews, and analyses of the verbal and search protocols involved. The selection routine is described, the use of controlled vocabulary versus free text searching is examined, and searching styles are discussed. (44 references) (LRW)
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ISSN:0002-8231
1097-4571