Information Organization and Access

This important new foundational textbook covers the theory, practice,
research issues and contexts of information organization and interactive
information retrieval.

Readers will learn about the key principles of information
organization and retrieval along with the essentials of human information
behaviour and information seeking and retrieval, and how to put them into
practice. Information Organization and Access will help readers develop
creative, critical and reflective problem solving capabilities in the
management of information and data and allow them to demonstrate advanced
information and data management skills in diverse environments. 

Topics covered include:

• structured and unstructured
  information resources


• digital libraries web information


• indexing techniques


• information retrieval models


• information interactions in
  specific domains and contexts


• human information behaviour
  models


• information seeking and retrieval
  models


• usability and evaluation of
  information retrieval systems.

This book will be a pivotal text for information science students
specialising in any area, and also for young professionals and researchers who
want to get a good grasp of the theory, practice and research issues of
information organization, information retrieval, and information users, that is
required for professional work as well as research in any area of information
science.