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Title:
Information retrieval design : principles and options for information description, organization, display, and access in information retrieval databases, digital libraries, catalogs, and indexes
Author:
Anderson, James D. (James Doig), 1940-
ISBN:
9780976354703
Publication Information:
St. Petersburg, FL : Ometeca Institute ; East Brunswick, NJ : Distributed by University Pub. Solutions, 2005.
Physical Description:
xiv, 617 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents:
Introduction and background issues -- Subject scope and domain -- Documentary scope -- Documentary domain -- Display media -- Documentary units -- Indexable matter -- Analysis and indexing methods -- Exhaustivity -- Specificity -- Displayed versus non-displayed indexes -- Syntax -- Vocabulary management -- Surrogation -- Locators -- Surrogate displays -- Arrangement of displayed indexes -- Size of displayed indexes -- Search interface -- Record format -- Full-text display -- Conclusion: Implementation and evaluation.