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Peer reviewedIngwersen, Peter – Journal of Documentation, 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.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Global Approach, Information Needs
