Interactive Information Retrieval in Digital Environments

Iris Xie

ISBN 10: 1599042401 / ISBN 13: 9781599042404

Published by IGI Global, 2008

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The emergence of the Internet allows millions of people to use a variety of electronic information retrieval systems, such as: digital libraries, Web search engines, online databases, and online public access catalogs. Interactive Information Retrieval in Digital Environments provides theoretical framework in understanding the nature of information retrieval, and offers implications for the design and evolution of interactive information retrieval systems. Interactive Information Retrieval in Digital Environments includes the integration of existing frameworks on user-oriented information retrieval systems across multiple disciplines; the comprehensive review of empirical studies of interactive information retrieval systems for different types of users, tasks, and subtasks; and the discussion of how to evaluate interactive information retrieval systems. Researchers, designers, teachers, scholars, and professionals will gain the foundation for new research on this subject matter, and guidance to evaluate new information retrieval systems for the general public as well as for specific user groups.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interactive Information Retrieval in Digital Environments
• Publisher: IGI Global
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599042401
• ISBN 13: 9781599042404
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 25D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 905 grams

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Synopsis

"This book includes the integration of existing frameworks on user-oriented information retrieval systems across multiple disciplines; the comprehensive review of empirical studies of interactive information retrieval systems for different types of users, tasks, and subtasks; and the discussion of how to evaluate interactive information retrieval systems"--Provided by publisher.

About the Author

Iris Xie is an associate professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research interests and expertise focus on information seeking and retrieving, in particular interactive information retrieval between users and IR systems and its implications for the design and evaluation of a variety of IR systems in the digital age. Dr. Xie won the dissertation award from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) in 1999. She is the principal investigator on many research grants awarded by different agencies, which include the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), ALISE, etc. She has a strong record in publishing refereed articles and presenting at international conferences in the field of library and information science.