{"title":"Database indexing: yesterday and today","authors":"Harry Diakoff","doi":"10.3828/indexer.2004.24.2.11","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\nThis article surveys the history of database indexing and considers its current state and future prospects. It reviews the pros and cons of computerized searching, the rise and fall (and possible rise again) of private databases, and methods of framing and normalizing queries.","PeriodicalId":170192,"journal":{"name":"The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing: Volume 24, Issue 2","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing: Volume 24, Issue 2","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3828/indexer.2004.24.2.11","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article surveys the history of database indexing and considers its current state and future prospects. It reviews the pros and cons of computerized searching, the rise and fall (and possible rise again) of private databases, and methods of framing and normalizing queries.