Lancaster F W
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1971 Jul;59(3):479-94.
This paper describes possible criteria by which the effectiveness of a published index may be evaluated and suggest procedures that might be used to conduct an evaluation of a published index. The procedures were developed for the National Library of Medicine and relate specifically to the recurring bibliographies produced by MEDLARS in various specialized areas of biomedicine. The methods described should, however, be applicable to other printed indexes and abstract journals. Factors affecting the performance of a published index are also discussed and some research projects relevant to the evaluation of published indexes are reviewed.
本文描述了可用于评估已发表索引有效性的可能标准，并提出了可用于对已发表索引进行评估的程序。这些程序是为美国国立医学图书馆制定的，特别适用于医学文献分析和检索系统（MEDLARS）在生物医学各个专业领域编制的定期书目。然而，所描述的方法应适用于其他印刷索引和文摘期刊。本文还讨论了影响已发表索引性能的因素，并对一些与已发表索引评估相关的研究项目进行了综述。
