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The Effect of Anaphor and Ellipsis Resolution on Proximity Searching in a Text Database.
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Pirkola, Ari; Jarvelin, Kalervo – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Using a newspaper article database, this study analyzed the effects of ellipsis and anaphor resolution on proximity searching in a full-text database; 154 keyword pairs in different categories were created. Findings indicate that some resolution method might be developed only for proper name phrases to support keyword-based full-text information…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval, Newspapers
Elicitation Behavior during Mediated Information Retrieval.
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Spink, Amanda; Goodrum, Abby; Robins, David – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Elicitations study during 40 mediated information retrieval (IR) interactions identified 1557 search intermediary elicitations within 15 purpose categories (requests for information on search terms and strategies, database selection, search procedures, system's outputs and relevance of retrieved items, and users' knowledge and previous…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Databases, Information Retrieval