Retrievability
Documents, document representations and specific data or information vary in retrievability. Its is the purpose of indexing and other forms of document representation to increase the retrievability of a given document.
Lancaster definers retrievability as ”How much of the literature on the topic, included in the database, can be found using ”reasonable” search strategies” (Lancaster 1998, s. 127).
Literature:
Lancaster, F. W. (1998). Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice. 2 ed. Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science Publications Office.
See also: Findability
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 20-10-2006