Organizing Knowledge
Introduction to Information Retrieval
J.E. Rowley(Author)
Gower Publishing Ltd
2nd Edition
Published on 10. September 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-1-85742-005-0 (ISBN)
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Description
This book provides an integrated overview of information retrieval. The common principles associated with the storage and retrieval of information in databases of all kinds are introduced. Catalogue databases, bibliographic databases, with and without abstracts and full text databases are all considered. The book is divided into 5 main sections: records, authors and titles, subjects, systems, and user perspectives. The first edition was designed as a standard introductory textbook for students on postgraduate and undergraduate courses in library and information management. The first edition has been exceptionally well received both in the United Kingdom and many other countries and has established itself as a standard text. The second edition retains the objective approach and structure of the first edition but has been significantly revised.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index, appendices
Dimensions
Height: 155 mm
Width: 235 mm
Weight
790 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85742-005-0 (9781857420050)
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Book
06/2000
3rd Edition
Gower Publishing Ltd
€38.57
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Content
Part 1 Development and environment: history and development; hardware and software; system parameters. Part 2 The Bookshelf system: catalogue module; acquisitions modules; circulation module; serials module; management information; Bookshelf user group; support services. Part 3 Bookshelf in context - case studies: bookshelf in the academic library - Paisley College of Technology; Bookshelf in the public library - Dumfries and Galloway public libraries; Bookshelf in the special library - Equal Opportunities Commission, Institute of Personnel Management; the use of Bookshelf in teaching students of information and library management at Manchester Polytechnic. Appendices: further reading; user list; specification for Paisley College of Technology.