Title: Information seeking in the online age : principles and practice /
Authors: Large, J. A.; Tedd, Lucy A.; Hartley, Richard J.
Publisher: Bowker-Saur,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Databases; Electronic information resource searching.; Information behavior; Online Systems; Information Storage and Retrieval; Computer Literacy
Abstract: Information Seeking in the Online Age equips the reader with valuable knowledge on how to search and browse online databases, catalogues, CD-ROMs and the World Wide Web in order to effectively and efficiently retrieve required information. This book offers an integrated view of information seeking in this online age. Principles are illustrated with a large number of practical examples taken from all types of electronic information resources. This book is the successor to the authors' successful 1990 work Online Searching Principles and Practice.
Contents: Ch. 1. General Overview -- Ch. 2. Information-Seeking Behaviour -- Ch. 3. Access to Electronic Information Resources: An Overview -- Ch. 4. Language and Information Retrieval -- Ch. 5. Information Organization -- Ch. 6. Searching -- Ch. 7. Browsing -- Ch. 8. Interfaces -- Ch. 9. Information Seeking -- Some Practical Issues -- Ch. 10. Search Evaluation.