ON THE GENERATION AND SEARCHING OF ENTRIES IN PRINTED SUBJECT INDEXES
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Journal of Documentation
- Vol. 33 (1) , 15-45
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026632
Abstract
After considering the search process and functions of index entries, a classification of entry types is offered, based on index term context, predominant term order, and between‐term function words. Then a multiple entry generation scheme is described, comprising rules for term manipulation, input and output. After discussing access points and cross reference measures, a preliminary linguistic analysis is given, showing links with psycholinguistics. The study forms the basis of a current laboratory investigation (EPSILON) into a number of entry types.Keywords
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