Automatic indexing of medical literature using phrase matching: an exploratory study

• Main Authors: Abdul, Hayati, Khoo, Christopher S. G.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information organization
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101366; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20148
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study sought to find out to what extent phrase matching could be used to automatically assign MeSH headings and subheadings to abstracts of journal articles. A phrase matching program was written using Turbo Prolog. The program assigned a MeSH heading if the heading or one of its “see” referenc...