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When More is Better: A Counter-Narrative Regarding Keyword and Subject Retrieval in Digitized Diaries

Knott Malone, Cheryl (2007) When More is Better: A Counter-Narrative Regarding Keyword and Subject Retrieval in Digitized Diaries . In Lussky, Joan, Eds. Proceedings 18th Workshop of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group in Classification Research, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Abstract

Many commercial full-text databases and digital libraries provide keyword and preferred-term (subject) indexing, but few allow participatory tagging of content by users or provide ontologies in support of natural language information retrieval. Consequently, keyword and subject searching strategies still matter. But keyword searching, because it can yield results high in recall and low in precision, is often seen as a beginner's strategy best replaced by subject searching using authoritative headings and descriptors. In certain circumstance explored in this essay, keyword searching may be quite effective in and of itself for retrieving digitized primary sources for the study of history.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:Keywords, Subject retrieval, Social tagging, Ontologies, Natural language retrieval
Subjects:Classification
ID Code:2066
Deposited On:20 October 2007
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