Studies show that the majority of Web searchers enter extremely simple queries, so a reasonable system design approach would be to build search engines to compensate for this user characteristic. One hundred representative queries were selected from the transaction log of a major Web search service. These 100 queries were then modified using the…

With the increasing availability of information on Internet information providers, like search engines, digital libraries and online databases, it becomes more important to have personalized systems that help users to find relevant information. One type of personalization that is growing in use is recommender systems. This paper presents…

This paper discusses access to information about Southeast Asia on the Internet. The first section summarizes problems with the major Internet search engines and directories. Three broad categories of solutions to improve Internet searching and retrieval are suggested in the second section: (1) efforts to assist end users to use the search engines…

Almost all work on music information retrieval to date has concentrated on music in the audio and event (normally MIDI) domains. However, music in the form of notation, especially Conventional Music Notation (CMN), is of much interest to musically trained persons, both amateurs and professionals, and searching CMN has great value for digital music…

This book examines what has been done in providing subject access to networked resources. The first chapter provides a historical overview of information services, developments in information technology, end users, and the Internet, as well as a discussion of the library response to these developments. The second chapter discusses metadata,…

The Educational Component Project of Career Information System (CIS) is a direct response to the need for a single, efficient informational source relating career opportunities and decisions with post-secondary educational opportunities and choices. CIS currently operates statewide to provide labor market information to students. (Author/KP)

This article describes two experiments designed to explore the phenomenon of recognition failure of recallable words recently reported by Tulving and Thomson (1973). (Author)

Describes four sources for information about industry. (SB)

No one source for locating government documents on a given subject exists. Librarians responding to a questionnaire indicated dissatisfaction with even the most used source, the Monthly Catalog''. Subject retrieval, other sources, and suggestions from librarians are discussed. (5 references) (DH)

Paper presents an analysis of information exchange in the world and the development of systems designed to facilitate storage and retrieval of information. It also deals with all aspects of exchanging experience in adult education. (Author/RK)

A catalog of 344 items accessioned into the ERIC system from May to October 1969 on all aspects of foreign language teaching. (DS)

Utilization of the computer to assist library information processing and retrieval is discussed. Problems associated with computer application and discussion of existing information services utilizing computers is included. (JG)

A catalog of 323 items accessioned into the ERIC system from November 1969 through April 1970 on all aspects of foreign language teaching. (DS)