DOCUMENTATION NOTE
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Journal of Documentation
- Vol. 30 (1) , 41-46
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026569
Abstract
The concept of the ‘specificity’ of the terms used in an information retrieval system has come up several times in the last few years. In fact, there are two different concepts which have been described by this term. It is perhaps helpful to distinguish between them.Keywords
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