Overview

Illustrated with many examples and comprehensively referenced for an international audience, this is an indispensable textbook for students of library and information studies undertaking courses in information retrieval, information organization, information use and knowledge-based systems at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is also an invaluable aid for information practitioners wishing to brush up on their skills and keep up to date with the latest techniques.

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Author:   G. G. Chowdhury
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9781856044806

ISBN 10:   1856044807
Pages:   474
Publication Date:   20 December 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781856046947
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of stock  
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About the first edition: 'Students and their teachers who need a practical, wide-ranging introductory survey of information retrieval will find it in this book.' PROGRAM 'Chowdhury's new text succeeds admirably in its aim to bring together traditional theory of classification, cataloguing and subject indexing as well as new, more IT-oriented, principles, models and techniques of information retrieval.' AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY JOURNAL

Author Information

Dr G G Chowdhury BSc MLISc PhD FCLIP is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde. He was formerly an Associate Professor in the Division of Information Studies, School of Applied Science, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies for Africa (SISA). He has published extensively on information storage and retrieval.

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