Between Scylla and Charybdis: Subject Searching in the Online Catalog
RAY R. LARSON · Advances in librarianship · 1991
The author reviews the problematic nature of subject searching in online catalogs. He rejects the idea of increased bibliographic instruction as a cure, but rather suggests improvements in database and database management system design. He discusses the potential of presently emerging sophisticated search and retrieval system design and concludes with a summary and synthesis of design directions for the next generations of online catalogs