Testing a new design for subject searching in online catalogs

Abstract

Library users continue to experience difficulty in using the online catalog, particularly in the area of subject access. This project describes a test of a new design for subject access to online catalogs. The new design requires a wide range of subject searching capabilities and search trees to govern the system's selection of searching capabilities in response to user queries. Is the performance of search trees superior to subject searching approaches chosen at random? This project is geared to make that determination.

Citation

Drabenstott, K.M. and Weller, M.S. (1994), "Testing a new design for subject searching in online catalogs", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 67-86. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047912