Partnerships in Navigation: An Information Retrieval Research Agenda.
Michael K. Buckland · 1995
The transition from searching in a single database to searching a multiplicity of networked atabases exacerbates some old di#culties in the design and evaluation of retrieval systems and creates new ones. A network environment calls into question the traditional definitions of recall and relevance. E#cient network searching raises questions about where to look first, where to look next and when to stop searching. The need for "entry vocabulary" support and the need for support in moving from one system vocabulary to another are increased by the increased use of more di#erent databases. The network environment o#ers the option of collecting di#erent representations of the same object and merging them into an extended record. 1 Introduction Information retrieval theory and practice developed in relation to searching in a single database. Each database had a single search engine. The 1995 environment of large numbers of network accessible databases is quite di#erent. Both the th...