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The impact of specificity on the retrieval power of a UDC-based multilingual thesaurus

Francu, Victoria (2003) The impact of specificity on the retrieval power of a UDC-based multilingual thesaurus . Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 37(1-2):pp. 49-64.

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Abstract

The article describes the research done over a bibliographic database in order to show the impact the specificity of the knowledge organising tools may have on information retrieval. For this purpose two multilingual UDC-based thesauri having different degrees of specificity are considered. Issues of harmonising a classificatory structure with a thesaurus structure are introduced and significant aspects of information retrieval in a multilingual environment are argued in an extensive manner. Aspects of complementarity are discussed with particular emphasis on the real impact produced by alternative search facilities on IR. Finally a number of conclusions are formulated as they arise from the study.

EPrint Type:Journal Article (Paginated)
Keywords:thesaurus, multilingual, classification, UDC, Universal Decimal Classification, information retrieval, precision
Subjects:Classification
Indexing
Information Retrieval
ID Code:1880
Deposited On:17 May 2007
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