Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Blevins, Emily W.
• Woodward, Nakia J.
• Loyd, Kelly
• Castle, Aaron S.
• Walden, Rachel R.
• Wallace, Richard L.

Titel

Geographic Barriers to Indexing: Examining Appalachia

Ist Teil von

• Medical reference services quarterly, 2024-04, Vol.43 (2), p.106-118

Ort / Verlag

United States: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The objective of this study was to examine the accuracy of indexing for "Appalachian Region"[Mesh]. Researchers performed a search in PubMed for articles published in 2019 using "Appalachian Region"[Mesh] or "Appalachia" or "Appalachian" in the title or abstract. Only 17.88% of the articles retrieved by the search were about Appalachia according to the ARC definition. Most articles retrieved appeared because they were indexed with state terms that were included as part of the mesh term. Database indexing and searching transparency is of growing importance as indexers rely increasingly on automated systems to catalog information and publications.