THE RELATIONSHIP OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE DESIGN TO THE STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION: A CASE STUDY IN EDUCATION

Bibliographical databases employing a controlled vocabulary and a Boolean logic approach to retrieval remain the norm. The record structures for databases of this kind need to be designed in a way that reflects the underlying nature of the particular information they contain. Using education as a ca...

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Published in:Journal of documentation 1994, Vol.50 (1), p.36-44
Main Author: PICKENS, KEITH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliographic Databases
Bibliographic Records
Computerized bibliographic records
Content analysis
Database Design
Design
Education
Educational Information
Educational Research
Exact sciences and technology
Facet Analysis
Foreign Countries
Indexing. Classification. Abstracting. Syntheses
Information and communication sciences
Information and document structure and analysis
Information processing and retrieval
Information science. Documentation
New Zealand
Sciences and techniques of general use
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Summary:Bibliographical databases employing a controlled vocabulary and a Boolean logic approach to retrieval remain the norm. The record structures for databases of this kind need to be designed in a way that reflects the underlying nature of the particular information they contain. Using education as a case study, a basic record structure is described. Possible extensions to this structure are discussed. Professionals in small special libraries, working in a PC environment and with time and resource constraints, are the intended audience.
ISSN:0022-0418
1758-7379
DOI:10.1108/eb026924