Cognitive Perspectives of Information Retrieval Interaction: Elements of a Cognitive IR Theory.

Ingwersen, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ520249

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Publication Date: 1996

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Cognitive Perspectives of Information Retrieval Interaction: Elements of a Cognitive IR Theory.

Ingwersen, Peter

Journal of Documentation, v52 n1 p3-50 Mar 1996

Discusses the basic elements of a global cognitive theory for information retrieval (IR) interaction from a cognitive point of view. Within this framework are outlined the principles underlying the concept of polyrepresentation applied simultaneously to the user's cognitive space and the information space of IR systems. Contains 95 references. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Global Approach, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Knowledge Representation, Semantics

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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