025.524 Context-Dependent
Information Filtering
Article discussing the notion that different people use different
terms or phrases to access the same information. An approach is
presented which recognises that one concept may be represented by
several different terms, many concepts may be represented by a single
term, and that concepts may overlap.
025.524 Guidelines for
Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices
Provides guidelines for the content, organisation, and presentation
of indexes used for the retrieval of parts of, and entire, documents. It
deals with the principles of indexing, regardless of the type of
material, the method used (intellectual analysis, machine algorithm, or
both), the medium of the index, or the method of presentation for
searching. It emphasises three processes essential for all indexes;
comprehensive design, vocabulary management, and the provision of
syntax. Definitions of indexes are included, together with
recommendations regarding their design. Available in PDF only.
025.524 Information
Retrieval
Full text book on information retrieval, related concepts, and
system design. Chapters are offered in PDF and html formats.
025.524 Information
Retrieval Using Conceptual Index Term For Technical Paper on Digital
Library
An article describing a semantic information retrieval system using
concepts as opposed to keywords or phrases. Describes methods by which
word and concept distribution is determined.
025.524 Multimedia
Document Retrieval Technique in Digital Libraries
Article describing Korean document retrieval techniques and
assessing a novel approach for retrieving SGML / HyTime documents from
large document databases.
020 Searcher: Magazine
for Database Professionals
A publication that explores and deliberates on a comprehensive range
of issues important to the professional database searcher. Searcher
includes online news, searching tips and techniques, reviews of
searchaid software and database documentation, and interviews with
leaders and entrepreneurs of the industry.
025.524 Tefko
Saracevic: Selected Articles
Articles by Tefko Saracevic, Professor at the School of
Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers. Articles
cover a range of topics including education, evaluation, research, and
practice in the area of digital libraries, as well as feedback,
interactivity, modelling, and relevance in information retrieval.
Articles are available in Word or PDF format.
025.524 TREC: Text REtrieval
Conference
Web resource about the TREC conference series which aims to provide
the infrastructure necessary for large-scale evaluation of information
retrieval methodologies. Includes proceedings of each conference in PS
or PDF formats and a comprehensive data section to enable organisations
to evaluate their own retrieval systems at any time. Sections for active
participants and past results require a password which can be obtained
by emailing the program manager.
025.524 Visual
User Interface for Document Retrieval Utilizing Spatial Relationships
among Document Vectors
Details of a study into the relevancy of information retrieval using
a visual user interface as opposed to the more common keyword interface.
Spatial relationships between documents are plotted on a matrix,
enabling the relevancy amongst papers to be assessed, using information
based on the distance between points and the direction of connecting
axes.
