Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval

by Chowdhury, G. G.

• ISBN13: 9781856044806
• ISBN10: 1856044807
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Coverage	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Basic concepts of information retrieval systems	1	(12)
Introduction	1	(1)
Purpose	2	(1)
Functions	3	(1)
Components	3	(1)
Kinds of information retrieval systems	4	(1)
Design issues	5	(3)
Design phases	8	(3)
References	11	(2)
Database technology	13	(11)
Introduction	13	(1)
Data	13	(1)
The database	13	(1)
Records and fields	14	(1)
Properties of databases	14	(1)
Kinds of databases	15	(1)
Database technology	16	(2)
The development of databases in an information retrieval environment	18	(4)
Discussion	22	(1)
References	23	(1)
Bibliographic formats	24	(18)
Introduction	24	(1)
Bibliographic records	25	(2)
Integrated database approach	27	(1)
ISO 2709: Format for Bibliographic Information Interchange	28	(3)
MARC format	31	(5)
UNIMARC format	36	(2)
The Common Communication Format	38	(2)
Discussion	40	(1)
References	40	(2)
Cataloguing and metadata	42	(15)
Introduction	42	(1)
Cataloguing	42	(8)
Metadata	50	(4)
Summary	54	(1)
References	55	(2)
Subject analysis and representation	57	(34)
Introduction	57	(1)
Classification	58	(7)
Bibliographic Classification	65	(1)
Classification of internet resources	66	(4)
Subject analysis	70	(2)
Subject indexing	72	(1)
Exhaustivity and specificity	72	(2)
Manual indexing	74	(2)
Pre-coordinate indexing systems	76	(8)
Post-coordinate indexing systems	84	(2)
Problems of manual indexing	86	(1)
Theory of indexing	86	(1)
Discussion	87	(1)
References	87	(4)
Automatic indexing and file organization	91	(32)
Introduction	91	(1)
The process of indexing	91	(3)
Automatic classification	94	(2)
Index file organization	96	(1)
Inverted file	97	(5)
Sequential access	102	(8)
Alternative text retrieval structures	110	(9)
Discussion	119	(1)
References	120	(3)
Vocabulary control	123	(30)
Introduction	123	(1)
Controlled vs natural indexing	124	(2)
Vocabulary control tools	126	(16)
Guidelines for developing a thesaurus	142	(1)
Criteria for evaluating a thesaurus	143	(1)
Use of thesauri in online information retrieval	143	(5)
References	148	(5)
Abstracts and abstracting	153	(16)
Abstracts	153	(1)
Types of abstract	153	(2)
Qualities of abstracts	155	(1)
Uses of abstracts	156	(1)
The art of abstracting	157	(3)
Automatic abstracting	160	(5)
Recent works on text summarization	165	(1)
Discussion	166	(1)
References	166	(3)
Searching and retrieval	169	(23)
Introduction	169	(1)
The search strategy and its prerequisites	169	(1)
The pre-search interview	170	(1)
The searching process	170	(1)
Retrieval models	171	(11)
Alternative information retrieval models	182	(1)
Search facilities offered by most text retrieval systems	183	(6)
Discussion	189	(1)
References	190	(2)
Users of information retrieval	192	(22)
Introduction	192	(1)
Users and their nature	192	(1)
Types of information needs	193	(2)
Information needs in different areas of activity	195	(5)
Information seeking behaviour of users	200	(1)
What we need to know about users	201	(4)
User studies	205	(5)
Possible sources of information about users	210	(2)
References	212	(2)
User-centred models of information retrieval	214	(13)
Introduction	214	(1)
Information seeking	214	(2)
Human information behaviour models	216	(3)
User-centred information search models	219	(4)
Discussion	223	(1)
References	224	(3)
User interfaces	227	(16)
Introduction	227	(1)
The four-phase framework for interface design	227	(3)
Information seeking and user interfaces	230	(1)
User interfaces and visualization	231	(1)
User interfaces of some information retrieval systems	232	(8)
References	240	(3)
Evaluation of information retrieval systems	243	(12)
Introduction	243	(1)
The purpose of evaluation	244	(1)
Evaluation criteria	244	(8)
The steps of evaluation	252	(1)
New retrieval parameters	253	(1)
References	253	(2)
Evaluation experiments	255	(25)
Introduction	255	(1)
The Cranfield tests	256	(5)
Medlars	261	(1)
The Smart retrieval experiment	262	(4)
The Stairs project	266	(1)
Limitations of early evaluation studies	267	(2)
TREC	269	(9)
References	278	(2)
Online and CD-ROM information retrieval	280	(19)
Introduction	280	(1)
Online searching	280	(12)
CD-Rom databases	292	(4)
Summary	296	(2)
References	298	(1)
Multimedia information retrieval	299	(16)
Introduction	299	(1)
Multimedia information retrieval	299	(12)
Standards	311	(1)
Summary	312	(1)
References	312	(3)
Hypertext and markup languages	315	(15)
Introduction	315	(1)
Hypertext	316	(7)
Markup languages	323	(4)
Discussion	327	(1)
References	328	(2)
Web information retrieval	330	(22)
Introduction	330	(1)
Traditional vs web information retrieval	330	(2)
Web information: volume and growth	332	(3)
Access to information on the web: the tools	335	(12)
Web information retrieval: evaluation studies	347	(2)
References	349	(3)
Intelligent information retrieval	352	(20)
Introduction	352	(1)
Intelligent retrieval systems	353	(1)
Artificial intelligence	353	(1)
Expert systems	354	(1)
Kinds of expert systems	355	(1)
Components of expert systems	355	(2)
Historical development of expert systems	357	(1)
Development methodology and approaches	357	(2)
Knowledge elicitation and representation methods	359	(1)
Inference strategies	360	(1)
End-user modelling and interfaces	360	(2)
Development tools	362	(1)
Expert systems for library and information services	362	(5)
Discussion	367	(1)
References	368	(4)
Natural language processing and information retrieval	372	(24)
Introduction	372	(1)
Natural language understanding	372	(1)
Syntactic analysis	373	(8)
Semantic analysis	381	(9)
Pragmatic knowledge	390	(4)
References	394	(2)
Natural language processing systems	396	(29)
Introduction	396	(1)
Literature on natural language processing systems	397	(1)
Natural language text processing systems	398	(10)
Natural language user interfaces	408	(4)
Internet, web and digital library applications of natural language processing systems	412	(1)
Machine translation and cross-language information retrieval	413	(2)
Summary	415	(1)
References	416	(9)
Information retrieval in digital libraries	425	(20)
Introduction	425	(1)
Information resources in digital libraries	426	(1)
The basic design of a digital library	426	(2)
Interoperability	428	(1)
Information retrieval features of selected digital libraries	428	(8)
Common features of information retrieval in digital libraries	436	(1)
Special IR features in DLs	437	(1)
Problems and prospects	437	(4)
Summary	441	(1)
References	442	(3)
Trends in information retrieval	445	(22)
Introduction	445	(2)
Evaluation of information retrieval systems	447	(1)
Developments related to the input subsystem	448	(2)
Searching and retrieval	450	(2)
User studies and user modelling	452	(2)
User interfaces	454	(1)
Information retrieval standards and protocols	454	(1)
Information retrieval in the context of web and digital libraries	455	(2)
Intelligent information retrieval	457	(2)
Evaluation of natural language processing systems	459	(1)
Machine translation	459	(2)
Conclusions	461	(1)
References	462	(5)
Index	467