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Indexing of Free, Web-based Electronic Resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2010

Glenda Browne
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Abstract

The internet provides access to a huge amount of information, and most people experience problems with information overload rather than scarcity. Glenda Browne explains how indexing provides a way of increasing retrieval of relevant information from the content available. Manual, book-style indexes can be created for websites and individual web documents such as online books. Keyword metadata is a crucial behind the scenes aid to improved search engine functioning, and categorisation, social bookmarking and automated indexing also play a part.

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indexinginternetmetadataclassificationautomatic indexing

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Cat, Class and Metadata
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Legal Information Management , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 28 - 33
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Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2010

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