| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 901 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Knowledge & information.
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| Note |
"Translated from the German, in cooperation with the authors, by Paul Becker"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
Dealing with information is one of the vital skills in thetwenty-first century. It takes a fair degree of information savvy to create, represent and supply information as well as to search for and retrieve relevant knowledge. This Handbook is a basic work of information science, providing a comprehensive overview of the current state of information retrieval and knowledge representation. It addresses readers from all professions and scientific disciplines, but particularly scholars, practitioners and students of Information Science, Library Science, Computer Science, Information Management ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction to information science -- Propaedeutics of information retrieval -- Natural language processing -- Boolean retrieval systems -- Classical retrieval models -- Web information retrieval -- Special problems of information retrieval -- Empirical investigations on information retrieval -- Propaedeutics of knowledge representation -- Metadata -- Folksonomies -- Knowledge organization systems -- Text-oriented knowledge organization methods -- Indexing -- Summarization -- Empirical investigations on knowledge representation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Information science -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Information science. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Subject |
Information retrieval -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Information retrieval. |
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Information organization -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Information organization. |
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Knowledge representation (Information theory) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Knowledge representation (Information theory) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Stock, Mechtild, author.
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Becker, Paul, translator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stock, Wolfgang G. Handbook of information science. Berlin : De Gruyter Saur, [2013] 9783110234992 (DLC) 2013018258 (OCoLC)847985646 |
| ISBN |
9783110235005 (electronic bk) |
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3110235005 (electronic bk) |
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9783110234992 (hardcover) |
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3110234998 (hardcover) |
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