... and disadvantages of Welsh-language subject headings. Findings The discursive analysis of the scholars' interviews points towards a traditionalist and conservative information retrieval process that relies heavily on English and English translation. Drawing from the MSH model, the article makes suggestions...

..., with the objective of evaluating the effectiveness of information retrieval, similarities among the data sets obtained and the impact of the descriptors used. Design/methodology/approach This has entailed reconstructing and applying the seven strategies in the Web of Science, using articles published between...

...Koraljka Golub; Rick Szostak Purpose This paper explores the longstanding disconnect between Knowledge Organization (KO) and Information Retrieval (IR), advocating for their integration to improve subject access in humanities and cultural heritage (CH) collections, including newer types...

... deductive and inductive methods. Findings The main result of this study is a thesaurus compliant with ISO 29964-1:2011 recommendations, which improves information retrieval performances and interoperability with other vocabularies and applications. It generally has a mono-hierarchical structure...

... (taxonomy) based on KOS standards leads to the conclusion that there is ample room for improvement, not only in matters concerning gender identity but also in the overall KOS to enhance search and retrieval for users. These findings bear relevance for the design of tools to support information retrieval...

... Licensed re-use rights only Information overload Concept analysis Cognitive overload Computer science Information science Information retrieval Information technology With the rise in the amount of information available and ease of access, one phenomenon has taken an important place...

... with particular reference to subject searching, as well as the use of controlled vocabularies, with the purpose of identifying which improvements of the search interfaces are needed to ensure high-quality information retrieval for the end user. In the first step, a set of 21 search interface criteria...

... and digital libraries that support school children. More generally, the scheme can also be used in other environments. This is the first study to develop a multi-dimensional task scheme that considers encompasses the IUE. Information retrieval Children (age groups) Classification schemes...

... of the conceptual space of information behaviour research. Information retrieval Interaction Modelling Models Information seeking Information interaction Interactive information retrieval Interactive information seeking Reijo Savolainen can be contacted at: reijo.savolainen@uta.fi 01...

... 02 12 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information retrieval Context Model Information science Serendipity Information encountering Research into serendipity has been ongoing since the term “serendipity...

... rights only Information retrieval Searching Comparative tests Citation analysis Online databases Search recall No single source exists that covers all the literature in a discipline or about a topic. Performing efficient literature searches and subscribing to the most comprehensive...

... a similar failure to consider the full variety of ways people interact with documents, which has been the strength of media and literary studies, particularly the way these interactions shape the performance and use of information retrieval (IR) systems. In particular, we find the information-seeking...

... to characterize the relationship between the small worlds of the two groups with the intent of understanding the gap between early classification research and information retrieval (IR) research. This is a mixed method analysis of two groups as evidenced in published artifacts by and about their work...

... identified. Information retrieval User studies Design Information management History Oral history There are some researchers who have established the importance of a benchmark or standard practice in the field for some components such as MacKay (2015) who believed that developing...

... motivated and conversant with new technologies. Hider (2006) observed that users might change the search goal consciously or unconsciously when interacting with such systems. Järvelin and Ingwersen (2004) believe that information retrieval (IR) is an element of searcher IS context and is only one way...

...Nancy Falciani-White Information retrieval Research Information management Generation and dissemination of information Faculty Academic libraries Academic practice Information behaviours Scholars are in the business of assigning meaning to the numbers, letters, symbols, sounds...

...Christiane Behnert; Dirk Lewandowski Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to apply traditional information retrieval (IR) evaluation methods based on standards from the Text REtrieval Conference and web search evaluation to all types of modern library information systems (LISs...

... information retrieval (IR). They include different types of relations for guiding indexers and searchers to the selection of the most suitable terms for expressing given concepts/queries (Dextre Clarke, 2001). The relational structure of a thesaurus is based on methods for connecting terms with related...

... The purpose of this paper is to investigate information retrieval (IR) in the context of authentic work tasks (WTs), as compared to traditional experimental IR study designs. The participants were 22 professionals working in municipal administration, university research and education, and commercial...

... makeup of video. However, until now, self-efficacy has not been directly examined in relation to video or according to several of the specific retrieval factors as explored in the current study, which is thus warranted. Digital libraries User interfaces Information retrieval User studies...