Information Retrieval Principles and Methods Tutorial

Author: Zhao Yanbi
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book takes the fundamental principles of computer information retrieval as its main thread, comprehensively and systematically introducing the basic methods for retrieving electronic information resources. The content covers the concept of information resources, information retrieval principles, Chinese abstract database retrieval, foreign abstract database retrieval, Chinese full-text database retrieval, foreign full-text database retrieval, retrieval from various special literature databases, and online information resource retrieval. Guided by the basic principles, the book primarily discusses the different forms and characteristics of information carriers, especially the new content, structures, and methods of various carrier-based information resources. Based on the actual usage of various types of retrieval tools, corresponding print-based manual retrieval tools are introduced for some databases, compact disc versions for a few databases, and network versions for most databases. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering disciplines, as well as teaching and research personnel. It can also serve as a reference book for researchers in relevant disciplines and research institutes, as well as various information consultants seeking information.