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Information Retrieval Strategies of Millennial Undergraduate Students in Web and Library Database Searches
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Porter, Brandi – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Millennial students make up a large portion of undergraduate students attending colleges and universities, and they have a variety of online resources available to them to complete academically related information searches, primarily Web based and library-based online information retrieval systems. The content, ease of use, and required search…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Investigations, Familiarity, Search Strategies
The Continuity Project, Fall 1997 Report.
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Wasilko, Peter J. – 1997
The Continuity Project is a research, development, and technology transfer initiative aimed at creating a "Library of the Future" by combining features of an online public access catalog (OPAC) and a campus wide information system (CWIS) with advanced facilities drawn from such areas as artificial intelligence (AI), knowledge…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Classification, Computer Mediated Communication
Unsupervised Learning of mDTD Extraction Patterns for Web Text Mining.
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Kim, Dongseok; Jung, Hanmin; Lee, Gary Geunbae – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Presents a new extraction pattern, modified Document Type Definition (mDTD), which relies on analytical interpretation to identify extraction target from the contents of Web documents. Experiments with 330 Korean and 220 English Web documents on audio and video shopping sites yielded an average extraction precision of 91.3% for Korean and 81.9%…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, English, Information Retrieval, Korean
Machine-Aided Indexing at NASA.
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Silvester, June P.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Describes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lexical Dictionary (NLD), a machine-aided indexing system used online at the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). The functions of NLD system components are described in detail, and production and quality benefits resulting from machine-aided indexing at CASI are…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Database Management Systems, Dictionaries, Evaluation
The Answer Machine.
Feldman, Susan – Searcher, 2000
Discusses information retrieval systems and the need to have them adapt to user needs, integrate information in any format, reveal patterns and trends in information, and answer questions. Topics include statistics and probability; natural language processing; intelligent agents; concept mapping; machine-aided indexing; text mining; filtering;…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Concept Mapping, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
The Heinz Electronic Library Interactive Online System (HELIOS): Building a Digital Archive Using Imaging, OCR, and Natural Language Processing Technologies.
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Galloway, Edward A.; Michalek, Gabrielle V. – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1995
Discusses the conversion project of the congressional papers of Senator John Heinz into digital format and the provision of electronic access to these papers by Carnegie Mellon University. Topics include collection background, project team structure, document processing, scanning, use of optical character recognition software, verification…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Character Recognition, Computer Interfaces
Web Search Engines: Key To Locating Information for All Users or Only the Cognoscenti?
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Tomaiuolo, Nicholas G.; Packer, Joan G. – 1996
This paper describes a study that attempted to ascertain the degree of success that undergraduates and graduate students, with varying levels of experience using the World Wide Web and Web search engines, and without librarian instruction or intervention, had in locating relevant material on specific topics furnished by the investigators. Because…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Software Evaluation, Higher Education