Information Retrieval Guide

Author: Ye Jiye
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This book introduces the basic and latest knowledge of information retrieval, focusing on the commonly used and important retrieval tools, databases, and search engines in various disciplines, both Chinese and foreign. The book is divided into 8 chapters, including an overview of information retrieval, theories and methods of information retrieval, information retrieval tools and databases, manual retrieval, CD-ROM retrieval, online retrieval, web retrieval, and the evaluation of information retrieval effectiveness. Each chapter is followed by a certain number of exercises, and the book concludes with a reference list for further reading, as well as a comprehensive directory of commonly used retrieval tools, databases, and websites for thesis, patents, standards, conference proceedings, and research reports in various disciplines, aimed at cultivating students' information awareness and information retrieval skills. Compared to similar textbooks, this book is characterized by its comprehensiveness, novelty, practicality, and conciseness. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students in information management and information systems, library science, archival science, documentology, and related disciplines, as well as a reference book for professionals in information management departments, the library and information industry, publishing and editing fields, as well as students and professionals in various fields of literature, science, and engineering.