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Peer reviewedMauldin, Michael; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1987
Describes the inability of traditional subject index terms to represent relational information among concepts, and the development of frame based knowledge representation methods that provide relational semantic representations of documents and user queries. The discussion covers research in user interfaces and automatic document classifications,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Online Searching, Search Strategies
Download full textJansen, Bernard J.; Spink, Amanda; Saracevic, Tefko – 1999
This paper reports on a transaction log analysis of 51,473 queries from 18,113 users of Excite, a major World Wide Web search engine. Approximately 2,500 of these queries were from the use of relevance feedback. Given the high level of research activity and historical success of relevance feedback in assisting users in locating relevant…
Descriptors: Feedback, Information Retrieval, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies
Bond, David K. – 1983
A new search feature has been developed and implemented to enhance online information retrieval from the ABI/INFORM database, which includes abstracts from more than 500 journals covering all aspects of business and management. Published by Data Courier Inc., it includes material dating back to 1971. Because of the diverse nature of the database…
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Classification, Databases
Hudnut, Sophie K.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Information Science, 1987
The first of two papers describes the rewriting of the DIALOG system software for DIALOG Version 2, and discusses both software and user interface issues. The second describes the development of Canadian produced scientific and technical databases and discusses issues concerning user training. (CLB)
Descriptors: Database Design, Foreign Countries, Man Machine Systems, Online Searching
Peer reviewedSmith, Philip J.; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1987
Discusses the impact of research in artificial intelligence and human computer interaction on the design of bibliographic information retrieval systems, and presents design principles of a prototype system that uses semantically based searches and a knowledge base consisting of conceptual frames. (10 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Style, Human Factors Engineering, Man Machine Systems
Peer reviewedCochrane, Pauline A. – Technicalities, 1989
Reviews the problems of users of online public access catalogs and argues that it is necessary to think of all searching problems as systems problems rather than user failures, and to concentrate research in the area of systems enhancements. A list of improved tools needed for subject searching in online catalogs is identified. (CLB)
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Research Needs, Search Strategies
Brandhorst, Ted – 1989
This paper reviews the services provided by the ERIC system and suggests ways to broaden its scope through coordination with other existing education databases. The first of four major sections chronicles the evolution of ERIC and explains why it has not been able to exercise true bibliographic control over the literature of education. The second…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Database Design, Education
