Bibliographic database access using free-text and controlled vocabulary: An evaluation

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 873-890

  Savoy, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automatic indexing; Bibliographic database; Evaluation; French test collection; Manual indexing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC INDEXING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EVALUATION; FILE EDITORS; INDEXING (MATERIALS WORKING); PERFORMANCE; TESTING;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FRENCH TEST COLLECTION; HUMAN SUBJECT ANALYSIS; MANUAL INDEXING;

VOCABULARY CONTROL;

EID: 11144228654     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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