Discovering Hidden Analogies in an Online Humanities Database(*).

From: Library Trends | Date: June 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

VOLUMINOUS DATABASES CONTAIN HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE--i.e., literatures that are logically but not bibliographically linked. Unlinked literatures containing academically interesting commonalities cannot be retrieved via normal searching methods. Extracting hidden knowledge from humanities databases is especially problematic because the literature, written in "everyday" rather than technical language, lacks the precision required for efficient retrieval, and because humanities scholars seek new analogies rather than causes. Drawing upon an efficacious method for discovering ...

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