clsc555 webliography

CLSC 555 INFORMATION SYSTEMS WEBLIOGRAPHY: Web Information Retrieval
by
Lynda Abramovitz

Journals
- ARIADNE
  Published by UKOLN, based at the University of Bath, UK
  The journal is published online quarterly and the articles are accessible without cost. Its target group is primarily academic information science professionals in the UK, but there are many articles of interest for all people following information networking and service developments. Articles can be retrieved by journal issue date and a key word search page is provided. It is important to read the search tips provided and, one caution, the search engine is rather slow.
- Computers in Libraries
  Published by Information Today, Inc.
  For those professonals in the library field, this monthly serial is useful to keep up with the computer industry as it relates to special, school, public and academic libraries. It is subscriber based although the magazine's table of contents and some of the articles can be viewed in full without cost. It is part of Information Today, Inc. Advertisements appear on the site.
- D-Lib Magazine
  Produced by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives and funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
  This electronic journal concerns itself with digital research in the library setting. Published eleven times a year and posted at a number of different sites, it is searchable by title, author and keyword and includes articles, conference reports and calls for participation as well reminders of deadlines. The weakness of this site is its large amount of very short articles and the focus on libraries may not appeal to some researchers.
- First Monday
  Edited by Edward J. Valuashas, et al.
  This is a peer reviewed journal supported by the Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It has published over 100 issues with articles written by authors all over the world focusing on the Internet. Current and past issues are free at its website and easily searchable. It is only published electronically.
- Information Today
  Sponsored by Ebsco
  An online subscriber based newspaper that describes the events and trends in the information industry. It appeals to a wide audience and some of the articles can be accessed free however most of the articles are only available with subscription. It is published by the same company as is Computers in Libraries.
Articles and Books
- After the Dot-Bomb: Getting Web Information Retrieval Right This Time
  by Marcia Bates
  This article aimed at information professionals in the library setting identifies problems in the web information retrieval realm. Published in First Monday in July 2002, it continues to be useful especially in the area of classification and indexing vocabularies.However, while important issues are thoroughly discussed, solutions, although identified, are covered in a more cursory fashion.
- The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine
  by Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page
  This very interesting and detailed article describes the development of the Google search engine prototype. The article contains helpful links and the references cited are useful. One of the links did not work. This technical paper was presented in 1998 but is still valuable for identification of challenges in search engine design.
- Information Retrieval
  by C.J. van Rijsbergen B.Sc., Dip. NAAC, Ph.D., M.B.C.S., F.I.E.E., C.Eng., F.R.S.E.
  The second edition of this book was published in 1979. It is a good basic detailed text describing information retrieval methods and concepts targeting. university and postgraduate students as well as researchers. It is available in full online at no cost. Its main drawback is, of course, its age having been published before the use of the internet became popular, however, the book is valuable and will appeal to the serious student.
Organizations
- American Society for Information Science and Technology
  Produced by asis&t
  Asis&t is one of the oldest and most respected societies for information professionals. It focuses on cooperation between the many diverse aspects of information science and technology with an emphasis on dissemination of information and encouragement of creative ideas and perspectives. The site not only provides a detailed description of the organization but allows access to current and past articles. The site contains a great deal of information, much of it accessible by drop down menus and lists, therefore it takes some time to navigate.
- Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval
  Maintained by Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  The center is a research lab involved with the development of algorithms and tools for information retrieval including systemic architecture and design issues with an emphasis on long term research. The site provides access to a number of full text publications retrievable by searching year of publication or by keyword search. Also available are some dissertations and conference proceedings publications. Some items must be obtained by email request.
- Information Retrieval at the Illinois Institute of Technology
  Produced by the Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science
  This research group sponsored by the National Science Foundation as well as a number of private companies, including AOL, has developed several information processing systems to help users find and process relevant information on the internet. The site provides access to papers and information about the groups information retrieval projects. This very simply designed website allows retrieval of papers by publication year and keyword searching but is very stingy on providing search tips or instructions to assist the user.
- The Retrieval Group
  Provided by National Institute of Standards and Technology, Information Access Division
  IAD, a part of NIST, a U.S. commerce Department Technology Administration agency, provides standards concerned with access to complex information. The Retrieval Group works with various private, academic and other governmental agencies to encourage and create useful information retrieval and manipulation techniques. The site provides links to lists of papers and presentations as well as some full text documents and slide presentations. At times, some of the links may not work.
- Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval
  Produced by Association for Computing Machinery
  This ACM group sponsors conferences and workshops. A wide variety of information retrieval issues are addressed. Much of the information provided can be accessed only by members of the organization; however, there is a good resources page.
Resource Collections
- Indexing Resources on the WWW, Information Retrieval
  by Mary Sue Stephenson, PhD
  Dr. Stephenson has provided this excellent alphabetically arranged list of information retrieval articles, organizations and bibliographies for her students at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia. Its strength is the provision of links to a variety of very good articles and other resources. Its weakness is its lack of description and in some cases, no identification of author. Additionally, some of the links do not work.
- Resources on Information Systems
  by Rong Tang, PhD
  Although Dr. Tang designed this resource collection for students at the Catholic University School of Library and Information Science Information Systems class, it contains very useful and relevant links to information retrieval journals and organziations. An added bonus is the provision of excellent links to online glossaries. The researcher must keep in mind that this site has been developed for LIS students and focuses on library systems but is well worth visiting.
- SearchTools.com
  Edited by Avi Rappoport
  A free guide maintained by Search Tools Consulting, a search engine development consulting firm has information, news and advice about the technology of web site searching. There are product reviews as well as good links to general site searching information and other related topics. One caveat, take into account that SearchTools.com and Search Tools Consulting appear to be solely controlled by Avi Rappoport. It is only published electronically.
- Web IR & IE
  by Einat Amitay
  This is a nice collection of online resources for those interested in not only learning some basics but also for persons interested in the latest developments in the area of Web information retrieval and extraction. The design of the site is simple and easy to use. However, it is not readily clear from the website what sort of organization "webir" is and how the creator(s) determine the criteria on which the resources are selected.