This paper examines the meaning of context in relation to ontology based query expansion
and contains a review of query expansion approaches. The various query expansion …

The facet-analytic paradigm is probably the most distinct approach to knowledge
organization within Library and Information Science, and in many ways it has dominated …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore query expansion via conceptual distance in
thesaurus indexed collections Design/methodology/approach–An extract of the National …

A key aspect of searching is the ability of users to absorb information from documents read
in order to resolve their task. One group of users who have problems with reading are …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to review the research on human‐computer interfaces
for library‐based commercial online information retrieval (IR) systems. Design/methodology …

Over the years, various meta-languages have been used to manually enrich documents with
conceptual knowledge of some kind. Examples include keyword assignment to citations or …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to resolve a gap in the knowledge of how people with
dyslexia interact with information retrieval (IR) systems, specifically an understanding of their …

The study adopts a naturalistic approach to investigate users' interaction with a browsable
MeSH (medical subject headings) display designed to facilitate query construction for the …

Professional, workplace searching is different from general searching, because it is typically
limited to specific facets and targeted to a single answer. We have developed the semantic …

Information literacy involves the location and access of information through retrieval
systems, and many information retrieval systems are designed with specific capabilities to …