[Web4lib] Common queries and common misspellings

[Michael McCulley]

Karen,

I blogged this item recently.. see
http://drweb.typepad.com/dwdomain/2006/02/typographical_e.html

"Typographical errors in library databases
by Terry Ballard
Revised February 2, 2006
by Tina Gunther and Terry Ballard

This list started as a byproduct of a keyword inspection of the online
catalog of Adelphi University in 1991. That study was inspired by a
cataloger at Harvard named Jeffrey Beall, who found errors in the Library of
Congress catalog, and reported on a list of test words in the journal
American Libraries. Early in the process I found that words appearing more
than once in the Adelphi catalog were almost always found in other OPACs of
similar size or larger."

Hope that helps..

Best,
Michael

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http://drweb.typepad.com/

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Friday, February 17, 2006 6:06:55 PM 
 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
>[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider
>Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:35 PM
>To: web4lib at webjunction.org; lita-l at ala.org
>Subject: [Web4lib] Common queries and common misspellings
>
>As a continuation to a previous post, Has anyone on Web4Lib or LITA-L
>recently done any search query logging and/or analysis that they'd be
>willing to share with us? We're evaluating search engines this 
>spring (with
>an emphasis on faceted engines, if you're curious) and we're 
>interested in
>both our own data and OPD (Other People's Data). 
>
>I'm broadening my search for current examples of frequently-used search
>terms and common misspellings keyed into web search engines, 
>and possibly
>also OPACs and library websites.  
>
>I found an interesting website:
>
>http://www.wordtracker.com/
>
>And subscribed to the free weekly mailing. Their fee-based 
>product looks
>interesting too. Has anyone here used it? 
>
>Karen G. Schneider
>Librarians' Internet Index
>http://lii.org kgs at lii.org
>Websites you can trust!
>
>
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