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and Retrieval in the Digital
Age, Second Edition](https://sep.turbifycdn.com/ca/I/infotoday_2271_10289347)
By Heting Chu
"...a solid, reliable, well-laid
out and typeset introduction to key concepts in information storage and
retrieval."
—Charles
Oppenheim
This second edition of Heting
Chu’s popular work on information representation and
retrieval (IRR) features numerous updates and revisions, including
coverage of taxonomies, folksonomies, ontologies, social tagging,
search/retrieve web service, and next generation OPACs. The chapter on
artificial intelligence has been significantly expanded to include a
host of related topics such as automatic summarization, question
answering, natural language searching, and the semantic web.
As in the first edition, Chu emphasizes
principles and fundamentals. She reviews key concepts and major
developmental stages of the field, and then systematically examines
information representation methods, IRR languages, retrieval techniques
and models, and internet retrieval systems. In addition, she explains
the retrieval of multilingual, multimedia, and hyperstructured
information and explores the user dimension and evaluation issues.
“I rarely write book
reviews, but
as an educator and author I liked this book so much that I could not
resist spreading the word about it. … One may wonder how so
many issues can be covered in a 250-page book … Well, the
book proves that it can be done very well, providing the essential
information in a concise style …”
—Péter
Jacsó
“Professor Chu has done
an
outstanding job, dealing with virtually all facets of the field,
intellectual and automated, covering both input and output activities,
and not neglecting the historical context. An impressive
achievement.”
—F. W.
Lancaster 2010/320 pp/hardbound
Also Available
Ebook Edition
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