The need for a faceted classification as the basis of all methods of information retrieval

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 49-72

  Broughton, Vanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; THESAURI; WEBSITES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL TOOLS; PRODUCT INFORMATION; QUERY EXPANSION; SEMI-AUTOMATIC INDEXING;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749368969     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610648671     Document Type: Article

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