| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 296 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-290) and index. |
| Contents |
Interactive information retrieval : history and background / Colleen Cool and Nicholas J. Belkin -- Information behavior and seeking / Peiling Wang -- Task-based information searching and retrieval / Elaine G. Toms -- Approaches to investigating information interaction and behaviour / Raya Fidel -- Information representation / Mark D. Smucker -- Access models / Edie Rasmussen -- Evaluation / Kalervo Järvelin -- Interfaces for information retrieval / Max Wilson -- Interactive techniques / Ryen W. White -- Web retrieval, ranking and personalization / Jaime Teevan and Susan Dumais -- Recommendation, collaboration and social search / David M. Nichols and Michael B. Twidale -- Multimedia : behaviour, interfaces and interaction / Haiming Liu, Suzanne Little and Stefan Rüger -- Multimedia : information representation and access / Suzanne Little, Evan Brown and Stefan Rüger. |
| Summary |
Information retrieval (IR) is a complex human activity supported by sophisticated systems. This book covers the whole spectrum of information retrieval, including: history and background information; behaviour and seeking task-based information; searching and retrieval approaches to investigating information; and, evaluation interfaces for IR. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Information retrieval.
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Information retrieval. |
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Information behavior.
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Information behavior. |
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Information Seeking Behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ruthven, Ian, 1968-
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Kelly, Diane (Professor)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Interactive information seeking, behaviour and retrieval 9781856047074 (DLC) 2011507689 (OCoLC)755065979 |
| ISBN |
9781856049740 (electronic book) |
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1856049744 (electronic book) |
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9781856047074 |
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1856047075 |
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