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The emergence of digital reformatting in the history of preservation knowledge: 1823–2015

Lischer-Katz, Zack - In: Journal of Documentation 78 (2022) 6, pp. 1249-1277

to combating book decay in the early nineteenth to the emergence of digitization techniques in the late twentieth and … library research; and the era of digital reformatting and mass digitization; and identifies three major trends in its … students in library science or archives programs. Identifying historical trends enables practitioners to critically examine …

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Web impact factors and search engine coverage

Thelwall, Mike - In: Journal of Documentation 56 (2000) 2, pp. 185-189

Search engines index only a proportion of the web and this proportion is not determined randomly but by following algorithms that take into account the properties that impact factors measure. A survey was conducted in order to test the coverage of search engines and to decide whether their...

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The evaluation of WWW search engines

Oppenheim, C.; Morris, A.; McKnight, C.; Lowley, S. - In: Journal of Documentation 56 (2000) 2, pp. 190-211

The literature of the evaluation of Internet search engines is reviewed. Although there have been many studies, there has been little consistency in the way such studies have been carried out. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that recall is virtually impossible to calculate in the fast...

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Web search strategies and retrieval effectiveness: an empirical study

Ford, Nigel; Miller, David; Moss, Nicola - In: Journal of Documentation 58 (2002) 1, pp. 30-48

This paper reports the results of a study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board which sought to investigate links between Web search strategies and retrieval effectiveness. A total of 68 students, enrolled on masters programmes in librarianship, information management and information...

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Optimising metadata to make high‐value content more accessible to Google users

Dawson, Alan; Hamilton, Val - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 3, pp. 307-327

Purpose – This paper aims to show how information in digital collections that have been catalogued using high‐quality metadata can be retrieved more easily by users of search engines such as Google. Design/methodology/approach – The research and proposals described arose from an...

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The invisible web: an empirical study of “cognitive invisibility”

Ford, Nigel; Mansourian, Yazdan - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 5, pp. 584-596

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report an empirical investigation into conceptions of the “invisible web”. Design/methodology/approach – This was an exploratory qualitative study based on in‐depth semi‐structured interviews with 15 members of academic staff from three...

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Methods for evaluating dynamic changes in search engine rankings: a case study

Bar‐Ilan, Judit; Levene, Mark; Mat‐Hassan, Mazlita - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 6, pp. 708-729

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to characterize the changes in the rankings of the top ten results of major search engines over time and to compare the rankings between these engines. Design/methodology/approach – The papers compare rankings of the top‐ten results of the search...

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Web intelligence analyses of digital libraries

Zuccala, Alesia; Thelwall, Mike; Oppenheim, Charles; … - In: Journal of Documentation 63 (2007) 4, pp. 558-589

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of LexiURL as a Web intelligence tool for collecting and analysing links to digital libraries, focusing specifically on the National electronic Library for Health (NeLH). Design/methodology/approach – The Web intelligence techniques...

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Searching for digital images on the web

Jansen, Bernard J. - In: Journal of Documentation 64 (2008) 1, pp. 81-101

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the way in which end user searching on the web has become the primary method of locating digital images for many people. This paper seeks to investigate how users structure these image queries. Design/methodology/approach – This study...

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The retrieval effectiveness of web search engines: considering results descriptions

Lewandowski, Dirk - In: Journal of Documentation 64 (2008) 6, pp. 915-937

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare five major web search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask.com, and Seekport) for their retrieval effectiveness, taking into account not only the results, but also the results descriptions. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses real‐life...

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