Text Information Retrieval Systems

Meadow, Charles T.

ISBN 10: 012487410X / ISBN 13: 9780124874107

Published by SPCK Publishing, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Text Information Retrieval Systems
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 012487410X
• ISBN 13: 9780124874107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2 pounds

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Synopsis

Information retrieval of texts or abstracts--the processes of searching for and finding information in a database by use of a computer--is a communication process that often appears overly complex due to the technology involved. In this text the process is demystified and made accessible to all potential users. Although a knowledge of a higher order language (Pascal, C, or BASIC) and elementary algebra is useful, the general meaning of the text can be suitably appreciated with only a passing familiarity of information technology.

Presents the workings of actual information retrieval systems
Discusses the ambiguity of language and systems
Explains techniques for overcoming problems
Considers the role of users, representation of information, database content, and computer aspects

About the Author

Charles T. Meadow, professor emeritus, University of Toronto, and has been visiting professor at the Universities of North Carolina and the West Indies. He edited the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and the Canadian Journal of Information Science and was president of the Canadian Association for Information Science. Received Research Award and shared Annual Information Science Book Award from ASIS&T.

Bert Boyce has been an Information System Research Analyst, for the Information Systems Office, at the Library of Congress, a faculty member and acting Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, and Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, where he is now Professor and Dean Emeritus. He is currently Editor of the Academic Press Library and Information Science Series. He received the ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award in 1989, and has shared the Annual Information Science Book Award from ASIS&T.

Donald Kraft is professor at LSU and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is a fellow of IEEE and AAAS and editor of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology He received the Research Award, Watson Davis Award, and shared the Annual Information Science Book Award from ASIS&T and the LSU Distinguished Faculty award.