Information Representation and Retrieval in the Digital Age, Second Edition

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive view of information representation and retrieval (IRR). In this fully updated second edition, author Heting Chu 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.

Chu explains the retrieval of multilingual, multimedia, and hyperstructured information, explores user dimension and evaluation issues, and analyzes the role and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in IRR.

• Introduction to Information Science
• The Organization of Information, 3rd Edition (Library & Information Science Text)
• This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
• Reference and Information Services: An Introduction
• The Discipline of Organizing (The MIT Press)
• Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, Third Edition
• The Organization of Information, 4th Edition (Library and Information Science)
• This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
• Information: A Very Short Introduction
• The Study of Information: Interdisciplinary Messages