Analysis of controlled language in three international databases

Authors

  • Purificación Moscoso Facultad de Documentación. Universidad de Alcalá. C/ San Cirilo s/n. 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
  • Ana Extremeño Facultad de Documentación. Universidad de Alcalá. C/ San Cirilo s/n. 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i2.1033

Keywords:

Databases, Indexing, Relevance, Consistency, Exhaustivity, Social Sciences

Abstract

This paper analyses the indexing of three Social Sciencies International databases taken into consideration relevance, consistency and exhaustivity of the vocabulary used in the controlled languajes. Post-coordinated languaje and pre-coordinated languaje are compared, and results identify the coherence of the use of descriptors versus subject headings.

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No. 2 (2000)

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Analysis of controlled language in three international databases. (2014). Información, Cultura Y Sociedad, 2, 45-64. https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i2.1033