Hakusanoilla

Hakusanoilla is a Finnish term used to describe the use of keywords for retrieving information. The word hakusana means a keyword or search term, and hakusanoilla refers to doing something with those words—most commonly searching or indexing by keywords. The phrase is widespread in Finnish-language information retrieval, online search interfaces, and library catalogs.

In information retrieval, hakusanoilla denotes the practice of selecting and using specific words or short phrases to describe the content of documents and to form search queries. Effective use of hakusanoja facilitates matching between user queries and indexed material. Users are often instructed to "hae hakusanoilla" or to build searches by combining hakusanoja with operators or filters.

In libraries and databases, hakusanoja may be complemented by controlled vocabularies or subject headings (asiasanat) to improve retrieval accuracy and consistency. The Finnish language’s inflectional nature means that different forms of a word may be relevant for a search, so systems may offer stemming, autocomplete, or suggestions to aid hakusanoilla-based queries.

Limitations include the risk that keyword-based searches miss relevant documents that use different terminology or more descriptive language. To mitigate this, many search tools support synonyms, related terms, and advanced search techniques that extend beyond simple hakusanoilla queries.

See also: hakusana, hakusanat, asiasana, haku, informaatiolukutaito.