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Still A Lot To Lose: The Role Of Controlled Vocabulary In Keyword Searching, Tina Gross, Arlene G. Taylor, Daniel N. Joudrey
Still A Lot To Lose: The Role Of Controlled Vocabulary In Keyword Searching, Tina Gross, Arlene G. Taylor, Daniel N. Joudrey
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In their 2005 study, Gross and Taylor found that more than a third of records retrieved by keyword searches would be lost without subject headings. A review of the literature since then shows that numerous studies, in various disciplines, have found that a quarter to a third of records returned in a keyword search would be lost without controlled vocabulary. Other writers, though, have continued to suggest that controlled vocabulary be discontinued. Addressing criticisms of the Gross/Taylor study, this study replicates the search process in the same online catalog, but after the addition of automated enriched metadata such as tables …
What Have We Got To Lose? The Effect Of Controlled Vocabulary On Keyword Searching Results, Tina Gross, Arlene G. Taylor
What Have We Got To Lose? The Effect Of Controlled Vocabulary On Keyword Searching Results, Tina Gross, Arlene G. Taylor
Library Faculty Publications
Using controlled vocabulary in the creation and searching of library catalogs has evoked much debate, because it is expensive to provide. Leading to this study were suggestions that because most users seem to search by keyword, subject headings could be removed from catalog records to save space and cost. This study asked, “What proportion of records retrieved by a keyword search has a keyword only in a subject heading field and thus would not be retrieved if there were no subject headings?” It was found that more than one third of records retrieved by successful keyword searches would be lost …