Abstract

Examines online and printed equivalents of selected government documents indexes to compare the recall, precision, overlap, and cost effectiveness of online and manual searching. Indexes studied were the Monthly Catalog, CIS (Congressional Information Service) Index, and Government Reports Announcements and Index. (CLB)

Citation

Murphy, C.E. (1985). A Comparison of Manual and Online Searching of Government Document Indexes. Government Information Quarterly, 2(2), 169. Retrieved August 16, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/137997/.

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Keywords

• Bibliographies
• Citations (References)
• Comparative Analysis
• databases
• Government
• Government Publications
• indexes
• information retrieval
• ONLINE SYSTEMS
• Reference Services
• Relevance (Information Retrieval)
• Search Strategies