presents the following content: Chapter 1: introduction; chapter 2: data, information, and knowledge; chapter 3: representation of information; chapter 4: attribute content and values; chapter 5: models of virtual data structure; chapter 6: the physical structure of data; chapter 7: querying the information retrieval system; chapter 8: interpretation and execution of query statements; chapter 9: text searching; chapter 10: system-computed relevance and ranking; chapter 11: search feedback and iteration; chapter 12: multi-database searching and mapping; chapter 13: search strategy; chapter 14: the information retrieval system interface; chapter 15: a sampling of information retrieval systems; chapter 16: measurement and evaluation. |
