Information Retrieval Design: Principles and Options for Information Description, Organization, Display, and Access in Information Retrieval Databases, Digital Libraries, Catalogs, and Indexes

Information Retrieval Design: Principles and Options for Information Description, Organization, Display, and Access in Information Retrieval Databases, Digital Libraries, Catalogs, and Indexes James D. Anderson and José Pérez-Carballo Ometeca Institute St Petersburg, FL 2005 617 pp. US$60.00 (soft cover) ISBN 197635470

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Keywords Databases. Information retrieval

Review DOI 10.1108/14684520510628963

As the lengthy subtitle indicates, this substantial publication covers a wide array of subjects dealing with designing databases and information retrieval systems. The book consists of 22 chapters, a glossary and an extensive bibliography. It begins with an introductory chapter on database terminology, standards and codes, followed by three chapters covering definition of the subject, scope and...