Extending Retrieval Strategies to Networked Environments: Old Ways, New Ways, and a Critical Look at WAIS.

Marchionini, Gary; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ491439

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Publication Date: 1994

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Extending Retrieval Strategies to Networked Environments: Old Ways, New Ways, and a Critical Look at WAIS.

Marchionini, Gary; And Others

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v45 n8 p561-64 Sep 1994

Reports on a comparative investigation of WAIS, a networking and finding aid used on the Internet, and a Boolean-based retrieval system. The terms and limitations of the study are described, and the comparative recall and precision rates are given. The problems and potential of WAIS and other highly interactive search systems are presented. (Contains six references.) (KRN)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Performance, Problems, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Research Needs, Tables (Data), User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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