>Real use of LCSH
>would search the reference vocabulary as well as the preferred term
>headings which get into bib records.  Working with LCSH bib headings alone
>misses the point of a sophisticated controlled vocabulary, where much of
>the terminological and semantic richness for searching is contained in
>"see" and "see also" references, complex references and scope and other
>kinds of notes.  The controlled vocabulary itself needs to be integrated
>into search results so that searches call up not only bib records with a
>matching heading but vocabulary records which can expand the user's search
>vocabulary and point to related controlled terms outside those generated by
>the retrieved bib records' themselves.

Are there discovery systems out there that attempt this? It would be great to use all the work that has gone into these vocabs to improve end-user experience, not by telling them to click a "see also" link but by doing that work for them in some way.

Joe Montibello, MLIS
Library Systems Manager
Dartmouth College
603.646.9394
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