... 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...

... et al., 2020 ; Sasaki et al., 2015) as a coping mechanism. In the early days of information retrieval (IR), a perceived cause of IO was the poor recall and precision of search engines as there was a lack of effective algorithms to access the growing body of digital information...

...-quality information retrieval for the end user. In the first step, a set of 21 search interface criteria was identified, based on related research and current standards in the domain of cultural heritage knowledge organization. Secondly, a complete set of Swedish museums that provide online access...

.... Information retrieval Children (age groups) Classification schemes Information searches Schools Information research Educational institutions Task analysis Historically, search systems have been designed to respond to the topic of a search query; however, people often issue queries...

... of the conceptual space of information behaviour research. Information retrieval Interaction Modelling Models Information seeking Information interaction Interactive information retrieval Interactive information seeking Since the 1990s, interaction has become a cross-cutting construct embedded...

... one’s choice of sources and meanings (Chapter 11, p. 351). © 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...

... available on the Special Libraries Association’s website. Giovanna Badia can be contacted at: giovanna.badia@mcgill.ca Information retrieval Searching Comparative tests Citation analysis Online databases Search recall No single source exists that covers all the literature...

... 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 and use...

... 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...

... some previous findings for oral history search systems from more limited user studies. New issues for consideration including usability, software development and marketing have also been identified. Information retrieval User studies Design Information management History Oral history...

... the relationships among IS, information retrieval and user-computer interaction. Information retrieval Usability Digital library User study Discovery Service Information-seeking New information service Social science According to these studies, Discovery Service is a promising fit for the complex...

... throughout the course of their academic work, not just when they are engaged in more traditional information seeking activities. Information retrieval Research Information management Generation and dissemination of information Faculty Academic libraries Academic practice Information behaviours...

...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...

... be contacted at: fulvio.mazzocchi@isc.cnr.it 13 05 2016 13 05 2016 06 09 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information retrieval Semantics Controlled languages Knowledge organizations Epistemology Thesaurus...

... 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...

...-efficacy will provide insight on how potential users target resources and in turn promote and sustain use of retrieval tools and systems. Considering how the video IIR process fundamentally comprises considerations of users that are unique from other contexts or types of information retrieval...