Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval : The Facet LIS Textbook Collection - G. G. Chowdhury

Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval

By: G. G. Chowdhury

Hardcover | 31 March 2019 | Edition Number 3

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $294.00

$254.75

13%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $63.69 with

 or 

Ships in 3 to 5 business days

An information retrieval (IR) system is designed to analyse, process and store sources of information and retrieve those that match a particular user''s requirements. A bewildering range of techniques is now available to the information professional attempting to successfully retrieve information. It is recognized that today''s information professionals need to concentrate their efforts on learning the techniques of computerized IR. However, it is this book''s contention that it also benefits them to learn the theory, techniques and tools that constitute the traditional approaches to the organization and processing of information. In fact much of this knowledge may still be applicable in the storage and retrieval of electronic information in digital library environments. The fully revised third edition of this highly regarded textbook has been thoroughly updated to incorporate major changes in this rapidly expanding field since the second edition in 2004, and a complete new chapter on citation indexing has been added. Unique in its scope, the book covers the whole spectrum of information storage and retrieval, including: users of IR and IR options; database technology; bibliographic formats; cataloguing and metadata; subject analysis and representation; automatic indexing and file organization; vocabulary control; abstracts and indexing; searching and retrieval; user-centred models of IR and user interfaces; evaluation of IR systems and evaluation experiments; online and CD-ROM IR; multimedia IR; hypertext and mark-up languages; web IR; intelligent IR; natural language processing and its applications in IR; citation analysis and IR; IR in digital libraries; and trends in IR research. Illustrated with many examples and comprehensively referenced for an international audience, this is an indispensable textbook for students of library and information studies. It is also an invaluable aid for information practitioners wishing to brush up on their skills and keep up to date with the latest techniques.
Industry Reviews

"The full gamut of information is covered ... The text will be of great use to information practitioners to review their IR knowledge, and bring it up-to-date in many areas."

-- Australian Academic & Research Libraries

"Chowdhury provides a good understanding of where much of our current systems have come from ... this book would be a good resource for a basic information retrieval course."

-- College & Research Libraries

"For this third edition of a text for undergraduate and graduate students of library and information science, Chowdhury ... incorporates changes in the field since 2004 and provides a new chapter on citation indexing. The book is written from a relatively non-technical perspective, covering the spectrum of information storage and retrieval in a way that's relevant to an international readership."

-- SciTech Book News

More in Library & Information Services

Library Cataloging and Classification - Arun Kumar Sharma
Social Work 3ed : Fields of Practice - Margaret Alston

RRP $101.95

$87.75

14%
OFF
Case Management 2ed : Inclusive Community Practice - Elizabeth Moore
Along Came Google : A History of Library Digitization - Deanna Marcum
School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing - Margaret K. Merga
Book Banning in 21st-Century America : Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series - Emily J. M. Knox
Library Technical Services : Future Forward - Mary Beth  Weber

RRP $140.00

$126.75

Rural Public Librarianship - Jennifer Thiele

RRP $180.00

$159.75

11%
OFF
Becoming Alice Millard : Bookseller and Tastemaker - Michèle V. Cloonan

RRP $200.00

$176.75

12%
OFF
Digital Asset Management for Museums : American Alliance of Museums - Margaret C. McKee