LSC 555 Information Systems Webliography: Information Retrieval
byKaren Bradley
| General Information | Scholarly Books and Articles | Associations |
General Information
- Search Tools: Information Retrieval Research. This site is wonderful because it gives a concise explanation about what Information Retrieval means. Also useful is the information provided through easy to read lists. These include Useful IR Sites, Books and Articles links, and links to current Search Engine Projects. The noticeable weakness results from the strength. Though there are many links, and in fact the webpage is an annotated bibliography, there is not very much said generally about Information Retrieval. This is a site for people working specifically in the field.
- Search Tools: Natural Language Processing In Information Retrieval Research. This site explains what Natural Language searching is as well as why it might be preferable to other query styles. Once again Search Tools offers an extensive annotated bibliography with links and why they are useful. This page does not have the same length and depth as the Information Retrieval page and in fact only has one additional section entitled Books and Articles.
- Search Tools: Cross Language Information Retrieval Research Web page gives a brief explanation of cross language IR. There is also a short list of web sites and resources available. This section of Search Tools is not as impressive as the Information Retrieval one or even the Natural Language Processing IR sections.
- Machine Learning and Information Retrieval. This page consists of several helpful sections of bibliographies. There is a general information section with links to resources on Information Retrieval. The next section is consists of links to papers online. The final section is online resources. A wonderfully thorough collaboration by two Computer Science professors for a course taught at the University of Wisconsin. The page is rather dated, with the last update being in 1996.
- Information Retrieval Systems by Dr. Kraft of the Department of Computer Sciences, University of Louisiana. The page is an indexed list of areas in the field of interest, such as Information Architecture, Research, Translations, and Blogs. This is a Wonderful hyperlinked resource to working mechanisms. However, the page is simple and does not offer much in explanation or general information.
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Scholarly Books and Articles
- Information Retrieval eJournal. While this source is mainly geared toward the IR professional, the general population may also read the articles. The most viewed articles are available through links on the main page. The current issue can be looked at and earlier volumes up to 1998 may also be seen online. The page also offers information on indexing and abstracting sources that have indexed the articles.
- Information Retrieval by C.J. van Rijsbergen. Online Book - have to click on arrow to proceed. Confusing similar button. Contains a great introduction that is very explanatory of Information Retrieval. There is a great index to the book with wonderful links to explanations. At first glance the chapter headings give the impression that the book was meant solely for IR professionals, however the text is written in fairly easy to understand terms.
- On Conceptual Models For Information Seeking and Retrieval Research by Kalervo Jarvelin. An article written by Jarvelin in order to explain the purpose of Information Retrieval as well as to outline different models used. The article is full of insightful information although the writing is a bit technical. This article is helpful as a general source for understanding IR and also provides excellent examples and illustrations.
- Information Retrieval of the Web by Maristella Agosti, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Padua,Italy. The paper was part of the European Summer School in Information Retrieval. The paper is an excellent introduction to Information Retrieval. The topics covered include background information, Traditional IR, Web IR, tools utilized for IR, and the structure of the tools utilized. This source is great for a brief introduction to Information Retrieval. The major drawback of the site is the lack of a Works Cited that users might use for further studies. It also suggests the information might not be credible.
- Next Generation Web Search: Setting Our Sites. by Marti A. Hearst. The article discusses a user's options once they have reached a search result site. They can follow hyperlinks or conduct a search. Hearst explains that searching is not as helpful as it promises to be and offers several solutions to the problem. The article focuses on the end result rather than the Information Retrieval system that produced the result. The article provides a wonderful bibliography as well as footnotes.
- What Do People Want From Information Retrieval by W. Bruce Croft of the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval. This article explains the Information Explosion and attempts to explain how who people turn to for answers to their questions. As a bonus he includes links to some of the tools being discussed including Lycos, InfoSeek, and Thomas. The article was published in 1995 and does not provide current information.
- Cross Language Information Retrieval by Moustafa A. Youssef. Youssef's article gives the definition of Cross Language IR as well as a brief history of the studies surrounding it. He then gives several options for Cross Language IR improvement. The web page is very informative, detailed, and easy to understand. There are several illustrations in the page which draw attention from the minimal text.
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Associations
- SIGIR This site is for a focus group of the Association for Computing Machinery. The Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval works with computers in theory and application in several areas including Information Retrieval. The site contains links to General Information, Events, Publications, the Forum, several mailing lists, and a References section. The major strength in the website is the currency of the information. Included in the page are links to conferences and publications from 2004. However, the weakness in this website comes in the form of structure. The page is scattered and the information is divided into several frames making the user feel disjointed.
- American Association for Artificial Intelligence This site deals mainly with the idea of the Information Explosion. The site offers places to go for in-depth field information including organizations that are working on projects to "tame" the information giant. The web page also supplies a wonderful annotated bibliography for materials found online aw well as sections on further reading and similar web pages. The page is a little disjointed in that parts of it seem technical and aimed at people in the field, while some of the readings appear to be for the lay person.
- Intelligent Information Retrieval Group IIRG is part of the Computer Science Department of University College Dublin. The web page explains that the group is a research group focusing in Information Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence, and Accident Analysis. The site is geared towards other researchers and so does not include much general information. However, the page does include information of the research projects being done, the people involved in the research, and information about seminars given. Very academic information and purpose.
- Illinois Institute of Technology The strengths of this page include links and publications. It also contains great lists of information that can be found on the web as well as in text copy. The major weakness is that the site does not offer much background information but is more of a research tool and bibliography.
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© Karen Bradley 2004
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