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dc.contributor.authorHanrath, Scott
dc.contributor.authorRadio, Erik
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06T15:49:40Z
dc.date.available2017-09-06T15:49:40Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.identifier.citationScott Hanrath, Erik Radio, (2017) "User search terms and controlled subject vocabularies in an institutional repository", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 35 Issue: 3, pp.360-367, https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-11-2016-0133en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/24899
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the search behavior of institutional repository (IR) users in regard to subjects as a means of estimating the potential impact of applying a controlled subject vocabulary to an IR. The study presents a novel method for analyzing user search behavior to assist IR managers in determining whether to invest in applying controlled subject vocabularies to IR content. Google Analytics data were used to record cases where users arrived at an IR item page from an external web search and subsequently downloaded content. Search queries were compared against the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) schema to determine the topical nature of the queries. Queries were also compared against the item’s metadata values for title and subject using approximate string matching to determine the alignment of the queries with current metadata values. A substantial portion of successful user search queries to an IR appear to be topical in nature. User search queries matched values from FAST at a higher rate than existing subject metadata. Increased attention to subject description in IR records may provide an opportunity to improve the search visibility of the content.en_US
dc.publisherEmerald Publishing Limiteden_US
dc.subjectInformation retrievalen_US
dc.subjectAcademic librariesen_US
dc.subjectFAST subject headingsen_US
dc.subjectMetadataen_US
dc.subjectSearch enginesen_US
dc.subjectInstitutional repositoriesen_US
dc.titleUser Search Terms and Controlled Subject Vocabularies in an Institutional Repositoryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorHanrath, Scott
kusw.kudepartmentLibrariesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/LHT-11-2016-0133en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-5382en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-1978en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscripten_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
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