Information Science in Theory and Practice

Publisher K.G. Saur

Format

eBook

2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Publisher

K.G. Saur

Volume

Edition

3

Copyright

2004

ISBN13

9783598440083

Release

Format

eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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This is the 3rd revised edition of the classic work Information Science in Theory and Practice. There is a completely new chapter on the "The Internet and Information Science". This will take up themes discussed in earlier chapters and reconsiders them in the light of the new information environment.
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Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Preface.
Contents.
Frontispiece (image).
Frontispiece (text).
1: Information Science: Emergence and Scope.
2: A Social Approach to Information.
3: Wider Contexts of Information Transfer.
4: People and Information.
5: Information Retrieval.
6: Semantics and Retrieval.
7: Intermediaries and Interfaces.
8: Information Systems.
9: The Evaluation of Systems.
10: The Internet and Information Science.
References.
Information Scientists, 1972-1995.
Areas of Study in Information Science.
Data Questionnaire for Chemists.
MYCIN at Work.
TEIRESIAS Explains.
Wordnet, CYC and GO.
Index.
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Information Science in Theory and Practice

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