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Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb026488. When citing the article, please…
A substantive theory of classification for information retrieval
Birger Hjørland, Karsten Nissen PedersenTo suggest that a theory of classification for information retrieval (IR), asked for by Spärck Jones in a 1970 paper, presupposes a full implementation of a pragmatic…
Revisiting classification for retrieval
Karen Spärck JonesThis short note seeks to respond to Hjørland and Pederson's paper “A substantive theory of classification for information retrieval” which starts from Spärck Jones's, “Some…
The business aims of eight national libraries in digital library co‐operation: A study carried out for the business plan of The European Library (TEL) project
Mel CollierTo describe the process and results of the business‐planning workpackage of The European Library (TEL) project, in which eight national libraries collaborated on a joint approach…
Effects of foreign language and task scenario on relevance assessment
Preben Hansen, Jussi KarlgrenThis paper aims to investigate how readers assess relevance of retrieved documents in a foreign language they know well compared with their native language, and whether work‐task…
Usability and user perceptions of a thesaurus‐enhanced search interface
Ali Shiri, Crawford RevieThis paper seeks to report an investigation into the ways in which end‐users perceive a thesaurus‐enhanced search interface, in particular thesaurus and search interface usability.
A bird's eye view of cross‐platform web interaction
Debra J. SloneThis exploratory study sets out to describe the ways in which end‐users exchanged information between the web and a web online catalog, how they searched one device based on what…
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