Description
New technology now allows the design of sophisticated information retrieval system that can not only analyze, process and store, but can also retrieve specific resources matching a particular user's needs. This clear and practical text relates the theory, techniques and tools critical to making information retrieval work. A completely revised second edition incorporates the latest developments in this rapidly expanding field, including multimedia information retrieval, user interfaces and digital libraries. Chowdhury's coverage is comprehensive, including classification, cataloging, subject indexing, abstracting, vocabulary control; CD-ROM and online information retrieval; multimedia, hypertext and hypermedia; expert systems and natural language processing; user interface systems; Internet, World Wide Web and digital library environments. Illustrated with many examples and comprehensively referenced for an international audience, this is an ideal textbook for students of library and information studies and those professionals eager to advance their knowledge of the future of information.
