Information Retrieval Design
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James D. Anderson
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Jose Perez-Carballo
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Prefatory Material
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0.1.
Foreword, by Jessica Milstead.
0.2.
Preface by James D. Anderson.
0.3.
Acknowledgments by James D. Anderson.
0.4.
Special Thanks to Scholars and Practitioners of IR for the Use of Their Work.
0.5.
Bibliographic Citations.
0.6.
Dedication.
Part I.
Chapter 1
. Introduction and Background Issues. [
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1.1.
Purpose.
1.2.
Assumptions.
1.3.
Terminology.
1.4.
Standards and Codes of Practice.
1.5.
Types of IR Databases.
1.5.1.
Kinds of Objects Represented in Index Terms, Headings, and Entries.
1.5.2.
Kinds of Index Terms Used.
1.5.3.
Kinds of Indexable Matter Used.
1.5.4.
Presentation and Methods for Searching.
1.5.5.
Arrangement of Index Entries.
1.5.6.
Methods for Analysis.
1.5.7.
Methods for Term Selection in Indexing.
1.5.8.
Methods for Term Combination in Searching.
1.5.9.
Kinds of Documents Being Indexed.
1.5.10.
Media of IR Databases.
1.5.11.
Proximity of Documents Being Indexed.
1.5.12.
Size of Documentary Units.
1.5.13.
Periodicity of IR Databases.
1.5.14.
Authorship of IR Databases.
1.5.15.
Continuing Examples.
1.6.
IR Databases Versus Other Types of Databases: A Recap.
1.6.1.
Two Types of Databases.
1.6.2.
IR Databases.
Part II:
Design decisions
Chapter 2
. Subject Scope and Domain. [
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2.1.
Specialized Categories.
2.2.
Presenting the Subject Scope and Domain to Users.
2.3.
Ranganathan's Facets.
2.4.
Why Bother?
2.5.
Our Examples.
2.5.1.
A Book Index.
2.5.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
2.5.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 3
. Documentary Scope. [
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3.1.
Authorship.
3.2.
Titles.
3.3.
Media.
3.4.
Forms, Formats, Genres.
3.5.
Periodicity.
3.6.
Intended Audience or Level.
3.7.
Methodological Approaches, Points of View, Biases, Kinds of Treatment.
3.8.
Language.
3.9.
Place of Creation, Manufacture, or Publication.
3.10.
Time of Creation, Manufacture, or Publication.
3.11.
Specific Documents.
3.12.
Qualitative Criteria.
3.13.
Features Versus Topics.
3.14.
Our Examples.
3.14.1.
A Book Index.
3.14.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
3.14.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 4
. Documentary Domain. [
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4.1.
Primary Versus Secondary Sources.
4.2.
Monitoring and Covering Documentary Domain.
4.3.
Our Examples.
4.3.1.
A Book Index.
4.3.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
4.3.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 5
. Display Media. [
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5.1.
Paper.
5.1.1.
Card Files.
5.1.2.
Books.
5.1.3.
Optical Coincidence (Peek-a-Boo) Retrieval on Cards.
5.2.
Microforms.
5.3.
Electronic Media.
5.3.1.
Online Databases.
5.3.2.
CD-ROM and Other Machine-Readable Disks.
5.3.3.
World-Wide Web.
5.4.
Codes and Symbols.
5.5.
Our Examples.
5.5.1.
A Book Index.
5.5.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
5.5.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 6
. Documentary Units. [
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6.1.
Some Examples.
6.2.
One of the Few "Laws" in Information Retrieval.
6.3.
Documentary Units Versus Surrogates.
6.4.
Multiple Documentary Units.
6.5.
Our Examples.
6.5.1.
A Book Index.
6.5.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
6.5.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 7
. Indexable Matter. [
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7.1.
Typical Examples of Indexable Matter.
7.1.1.
Titles.
7.1.2.
Titles and Abstracts.
7.1.3.
Preliminary Matter.
7.1.4.
Initial Paragraphs.
7.1.5.
Internal Indexes.
7.1.6.
Reference Citations.
7.1.7.
Opening Screens of Web Sites.
7.1.8.
Full Texts.
7.1.9.
Types of Messages.
7.2.
Indexable Matter Versus Subject Scope.
7.3.
Accuracy of Indexing.
7.4.
Our Examples.
7.4.1.
A Book Index.
7.4.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
7.4.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 8
. Analysis and Indexing Methods. [
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8.1.
Research Comparing Automatic and Human Indexing.
8.2.
Human Analysis and Indexing.
8.2.1.
Cognition Versus Social Construction in Human Analysis and Indexing.
8.2.2.
Human Indexing Rules.
8.2.2.1.
Human Indexing Rules for Image Text.
8.2.2.2.
Human Indexing Rules Based on Probabilistic Analysis.
8.3.
Automatic Analysis and Indexing.
8.3.1.
In the Beginning Was the Word.
8.3.2.
Simple Keyword Indexing.
8.3.3.
Negative Vocabulary Control: Stop Lists.
8.3.4.
Counting Words.
8.3.5.
Comparative Counting and Weighting.
8.3.6.
Improving the Count: Stemming.
8.3.7.
Natural Word Distributions.
8.3.8.
Words Versus Phrases.
8.3.9.
Managing Vocabulary in Automatic Indexing.
8.3.10.
Automatic Vocabulary Management.
8.3.11.
Clustering.
8.3.11.1.
Latent Semantic Indexing.
8.3.12.
Citation Indexes.
8.3.12.1.
Bibliographic Coupling.
8.3.12.2.
Co-Citation.
8.3.13.
Relevance Feedback.
8.4.
Subject Analysis and Indexing in Indexing and Abstracting Services.
8.5.
Growing Role of Automatic Analysis and Indexing.
8.5.1.
Censorship or Guidance?
8.6.
Our Examples.
8.6.1.
A Book Index.
8.6.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
8.6.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 9
. Exhaustivity. [
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9.1.
Recall and Precision.
9.1.1.
A Definition of Recall.
9.1.2.
A Definition of Precision.
9.1.3.
The Impact of Exhaustivity on Recall and Precision.
9.2.
The Calculation of Exhaustivity: Terms Versus Headings.
9.3.
Our Examples.
9.3.1.
A Book Index.
9.3.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
9.3.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 10
. Specificity. [
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10.1.
Definitions of Specificity.
10.2.
Relations between Exhaustivity and Specificity.
10.3.
Examples of Specificity.
10.4.
Practical Specificity.
10.5.
Impact of Specificity on Precision and Recall.
10.6.
Impact of Specificity on Vocabulary Size.
10.7.
Specificity Versus Syntax.
10.8.
Our Examples.
10.8.1.
A Book Index.
10.8.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
10.8.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 11
. Displayed and Non-Displayed Indexes. [
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11.1.
Displayed Indexes in Electronic Media.
11.2.
Research on Browsing in Information Retrieval.
11.3.
Design of Displayed and Non-Displayed Indexes.
11.4.
Our Examples.
11.4.1.
A Book Index.
11.4.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
11.4.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 12
. Syntax. [
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12.1.
Precoordinate and Postcoordinate Syntax.
12.2.
Precoordinate Syntax for Displayed Indexes.
12.2.1.
Subject Heading Syntax: Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
12.2.1.1.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
12.2.1.2.
Principles for Subject Heading Systems.
12.2.2.
String Syntax.
12.2.2.1.
Rotated Term Syntax.
12.2.2.2.
Faceted Syntax (PRECIS, CIFT).
12.2.2.2.1.
Converting LCSH to Faceted Syntax.
12.2.2.3.
Ad Hoc String Syntax (NEPHIS).
12.2.3.
Relational Syntax.
12.2.3.1.
Syntagmatic Relationships.
12.2.4.
Classification Syntax.
12.2.4.1.
Chain Syntax.
12.2.5.
Natural Language Syntax.
12.2.5.1.
KWIC Syntax.
12.2.5.2.
KWOC Syntax.
12.2.5.3.
KWAC Syntax.
12.2.6.
Permuted Syntax.
12.2.7.
Ad Hoc Syntax.
12.2.7.1.
Combining Ad Hoc Syntax with Systematic Syntax.
12.2.8.
Syntactic Cross References.
12.3.
Postcoordinate Syntax for Non-Displayed Indexes.
12.3.1.
Exact Match (Boolean) Syntax.
12.3.2.
Best Match (Weighted Term) Syntax.
12.4.
Our Examples.
12.4.1.
A Book Index.
12.4.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
12.4.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 13
. Vocabulary Management. [
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13.1.
The Vocabulary Problem.
13.2.
Research on Vocabulary Issues.
13.3.
Vocabulary Solutions.
13.3.1.
Syndetic Structure in Displayed Alphabetical Indexes.
13.3.2.
Indexing Thesauri.
13.3.2.1
Examples of Indexing Thesauri.
13.3.3.
End-user Thesauri.
13.3.3.1.
Compiling an End-User Thesaurus.
13.3.3.1.1.
Sources of Terms.
13.3.3.1.2.
Selecting Terms.
13.3.3.1.3.
Categorizing Terms.
13.3.3.1.4.
Bound Terms Versus Elemental Descriptors.
13.3.3.1.5.
Term Relationships.
13.3.3.1.6.
Variant Forms and Equivalent Terms.
13.3.3.1.7.
Homographs.
13.3.3.1.8.
Thesaurus Displays.
13.3.4.
Co-occurrence Term Clustering.
13.3.5.
Ontologies.
13.4.
Our Examples.
13.4.1.
A Book Index.
13.4.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
13.4.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 14
. Surrogation. [
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14.1.
Purpose of Surrogates.
14.2.
Guidelines and Standards for Surrogates.
14.3.
Selected Readings on Abstracts and Abstracting.
14.4.
Surrogates for Machine Searching.
14.5.
Our Examples.
14.5.1.
A Book Index.
14.5.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
14.5.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 15
. Locators. [
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15.1.
Our Examples.
15.1.1.
A Book Index.
15.1.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
15.1.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 16
. Surrogate Displays. [
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16.1.
Our Examples.
16.1.1.
A Book Index.
16.1.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
16.1.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 17
. Arrangement of Displayed Indexes. [
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17.1.
Alphanumeric Displays.
17.2.
Alphanumeric Arrangement in Hypertext Displays.
17.3.
Relational Classified Displays.
17.3.1
Display of Dewey Decimal Classification in Hypertext.
17.3.2.
Constructing and Displaying a Faceted Classification.
17.3.2.1.
Display of Faceted Classification in Print Media.
17.4.
Our Examples.
17.4.1.
A Book Index.
17.4.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
17.4.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 18
. Size of Displayed Indexes. [
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18.1.
Our Examples.
18.1.1.
A Book Index.
18.1.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
18.1.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 19
. Search Interface. [
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19.1.
Print on Paper Interfaces.
19.2.
Electronic Interfaces.
19.3.
Computer Interface Research: Human Computer Interaction.
19.4.
Our Examples.
19.4.1.
A Book Index.
19.4.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
19.4.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 20
. Record Format. [
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20.1.
The MARC Format for Cataloging Data.
20.2.
Record Format for the MLA International Bibliography.
20.3.
Record Format for ABC-CLIO.
20.4.
Record Format for a Class IR Database.
20.5.
The Dublin Core Record Format for Internal Metadata.
20.5.1.
Dublin Core Qualifiers.
20.5.2.
Dublin Core Example.
20.6
Other Metadata Schemas.
20.7.
Our Examples.
20.7.1.
A Book Index.
20.7.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
20.7.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 21
. Full-Text Display. [
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21.1
Linear Versus Hypertext Formats.
21.2
Encoding Schemas for Digital Texts.
21.3
Browsing Full Texts Online.
21.4.
Our Examples.
21.4.1.
A Book.
21.4.2.
An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
21.4.3.
A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.
Chapter 22
. Conclusion: Implementation and Continuing Evaluation. [
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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About the Authors.
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