Framing the subject: a subject indexing model for electronic bibliographic databases in the humanities.

摘要

This article reviews in detail an MA dissertation to assess the scope and value of electronic bibliographic databases in the humanities. A model is developed and demonstrated to determine essential and desirable indexing terms and to highlight some inherent complexities. Features of commercially available databases are assessed against this model. The author concludes with some personal observations on the dissertation experience and on prospects for further research in this area.