Pertinence in the eye of the user

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Research Article| January 01 2006

Péter Jacsó

University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA

Péter Jacsó can be contacted at: jacso@hawaii.edu

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Péter Jacsó can be contacted at: jacso@hawaii.edu

Publisher: Emerald Publishing

Online ISSN: 1468-4535

Print ISSN: 1468-4527

2006

Online Information Review (2006) 30 (1): 70–76.

https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520610650318

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issue of pertinence when using search databases.

Design/methodology/approach

Several information systems are evaluated to show how user preferences are accommodated.

Findings

The paper shows that the word “relevance” is the preferred term to “pertinence” when using English language databases.

Originality/value

Shows the importance in the choice of various search systems.

2006

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