Consistency of textual expression in newspaper articles: An argument for semantically based query expansion

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 535-548

  Lehtokangas, Raija ^a   Järvelin, Kalervo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 0035533927     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000007104     Document Type: Article

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