Handling Spelling Errors in Online Catalog Searches

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-132

  Drabenstott, Karen M ^a   Weller, Marjorie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0030509517     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/lrts.40n2.113     Document Type: Article

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