Sunday, February 6, 2011

Sirs Discoverer 1

I conducted a search for the word "armadillos" and chose keyword/natural language rather than subject headings for my search. Seventy-three items were returned to me. The most relevant were at the top of the list and were magazine and encyclopedia articles, several of which included photographs. Most of the articles were in the general to moderate reading level range. When I conducted the search for armadillos using subject headings only 9 articles were returned. However, every one of them was relevant and the search was more focused. I did notice that there was one step in-between the search and the return. I had to click on the subject "armadillos" in order to get to the articles.

1 comment:

  1. Good comparison in search types, Kim! Thanks for the information.

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