The research seeks to evaluate the thematic representation of information in the university library, through analysis of the elements of indexation policy in information retrieval, in order to evaluate the quality of indexation in the representation of subjects, therefore it has as a proposal to evaluate the indexation from of the elements of indexation policy: exhaustiveness and specificity in the results obtained in user searches, aiming to contribute to the reflection and discussion about information representation and its interference in information retrieval. The general objective is to contribute to the area of Information Thematic Processing (TTI) in a discussion about the elements of indexation policy for indexing and analysis of the subject, and its reflexes directly in the information retrieval. Therefore, the specific objectives are: a) To make the theoretical survey on indexing in the thematic representation of information in university libraries and information retrieval by the end user; b) Study the elements of Indexing Policy: exhaustiveness and specificity c) Investigate the documents retrieved in the search in the catalog of Prof. Elcy Rodrigues Lacerda / ICED / UFPA Library under the evaluation of pertinence of the users from the indexation policy elements : completeness and specificity. The methodology used was the observational methodological procedure and semi-structured interview application as the users of the library. The results obtained regarding the indexation evaluation, considered from the elements of exhaustiveness and specificity that the indexation is being largely carried out according to the needs of the users. It was also possible to observe the dissatisfaction presented by few users in relation to a certain term assigned to represent the subject of a given document, therefore, given the importance that the evaluation of the indexation presents in the search results of the users, it could be inferred that the research is very relevant for the improvement of indexing in online catalogs. For, like the other services provided by the library, this evaluation must be carried out continuously to improve the task of indexing in order to satisfy the user seeking information.
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