A study of Consistency in the Selection of Search Terms and Search Concepts: A Case Study in National Taiwan University

Abstract

This article analyzes the consistency in the selection of search terms and search contents of college and graduate students in National Taiwan University when they are using PsycLIT CD-ROM database. 31 students conducted pre-assigned searches, doing 59 searches generating 609 search terms. The study finds the consistency in selection of search terms of first level is 22.14%and second level is 35%. These results are similar with others’ researches. About the consistency in search concepts, no matter the overlaps of searched articles or judge relevant articles are lower than other researches. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)

Keywords

• information retrieval
• term selections
• search terms
• search concepts
• consistency