Title-Only Entries Retrieved by Use of Truncated Search Keys

Authors

  • Frederick G. Kilgour

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v4i4.5596

Abstract

An experiment testing utility of truncated search keys as inquiry terms in an on-line system was performed on a file of 16,792 title-only bibliographic entries. Use of a 3,3 key yields eight or fewer entries 99.0% of the time.

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Published

1971-12-01

How to Cite

Kilgour, F. G. (1971). Title-Only Entries Retrieved by Use of Truncated Search Keys. Information Technology and Libraries, 4(4), 207–210. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v4i4.5596

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (1971): Journal of Library Automation

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Articles

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