On 11/8/2012 4:12 PM, James Weinheimer wrote:
> I then go on to say that a search for "World War I" *cannot*--*by
> definition*--find a very important type of resource. And that is:
> anything from before 1938, i.e. before World War II took place. Nobody
> called it World War I until there was World War II. Therefore, in a
> full-text search for "world war i" it is impossible for there to be any
> primary sources,
I know what you mean, and it's legit, but.... do a google search for
"World War I Primary Sources."
Of course, you get some, easily. Obviously it's because someone after
1938 (way after 1938) wrote a web page giving you access to WWI primary
sources.
But it's not because a cataloger or anyone else cataloged anything using
a controlled vocabulary.
Received on Thu Nov 08 2012 - 16:29:38 EST