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Organizing Knowledge: An Introduction to Managing Access to Information [Paperback]

J. E. Rowley (Author), John Farrow (Author)


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June 2000 0566080478 978-0566080470 3
For its third edition, this text on knowledge organization and retrieval has been revised and restructured to accommodate the increased significance of electronic information resources. With new sections on topics such as information retrieval via the Web, metadata and managing information retrieval systems, the book explains principles relating to hybrid print-based and electronic networked environments experienced by today's users. The book is an accessible introduction to knowledge organization for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of information management and information systems.


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About the Author

Jennifer Rowley is Professor of Marketing and Information Management in the Bangor Business School at the University of Wales Bangor, UK. Richard Hartley is Professor of Information Science and Head of the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Paperback: 404 pages
  • Publisher: Gower Pub Co; 3 edition (June 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0566080478
  • ISBN-13: 978-0566080470
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,836,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
A preliminary examination of some dictionary definitions of the concepts of 'information' and 'knowledge' serves as a starting-point. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
enumerative classification, controlled language systems, standard citation order, notational base, controlled indexing languages, special classification schemes, facet indicators, online search services, bibliographic classification, index language devices, filing value, natural language indexing, library management systems, thesaurus display, alphabetical display, bibliographic agencies, online public access catalogues, systematic display, cataloguing rules, compound topics, faceted classification, cataloguing services, document arrangement, machine searching, facet analysis
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Dewey Decimal Classification, New York, World Wide Web, Great Britain, Journal of Documentation, Dublin Core, Mystic Meg, Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, British National Bibliography, Forest Press, United States, Bliss Bibliographic Classification, Learned Information, British Standards Institution, Dictionary Catalog, International Standards Organization, The King's Singers, British Isles, Caroline Smith, Libraries Unlimited, Universal Decimal Classification, British Standard Institution, Colon Classification, Geoff Hamiltons, Journal of Information Science
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