Name: Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour and Retrieval
Price: 118.15 EUR
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Author: Ruthven, Ian,Kelly, Diane
ISBN: 9781856047074

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Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour and Retrieval

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Facet Publishing

Author

Ruthven, Ian,Kelly, Diane

Synopsis "Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour and Retrieval "

Information retrieval (IR) is a complex human activity supported by sophisticated systems. Information science has contributed much to the design and evaluation of previous generations of IR system development and to our general understanding of how such systems should be designed and yet, due to the increasing success and diversity of IR systems, many recent textbooks concentrate on IR systems themselves and ignore the human side of searching for information. This book is the first text to provide an information science perspective on IR.Unique in its scope, the book covers the whole spectrum of information retrieval, including:Â• history and backgroundÂ• information behaviour and seekingÂ• task-based information searching and retrievalÂ• approaches to investigating information interaction and behaviourÂ• information representationÂ• access modelsÂ• evaluationÂ• interfaces for IRÂ• interactive techniquesÂ• web retrieval, ranking and personalizationÂ• recommendation, collaboration and social searchÂ• multimedia: interfaces and access.A key text for senior undergraduates and mastersÂ’ level students of all information and library studies courses, this book is also useful for practising LIS professionals who need to better appreciate how IR systems are designed, implemented and evaluated.