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The Public-Access Computer Systems Review
Volume 3, Number 1 (1992) ISSN 1048-6542
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CONTENTS
REFEREED ARTICLES
Analysis of Search Failures in Document Retrieval Systems: A
Review
By Yasar Tonta (pp. 4-53)
To read this file: select tonta.n1
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Overview of a Document Retrieval System
3.0 Search Failure Analysis
3.1 Measures of Retrieval Effectiveness
3.2 Methods of Analyzing Search Failures
3.2.1 Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing Retrieval
Effectiveness Measures
3.2.2 Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing User
Satisfaction Measures
3.2.3 Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing Transaction
Logs
3.2.4 Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing the Critical
Incident Technique
3.3 Summary
4.0 Review of Studies Analyzing Search Failures
4.1 Studies Utilizing Precision and Recall Measures
4.1.1 The Cranfield Studies
4.1.2 Lancaster's MEDLARS Studies
4.1.3 Blair and Maron's Full-Text Retrieval System Study
4.1.4 Markey and Demeyer's Dewey Decimal Classification
Online Project
4.2 Studies Utilizing User Satisfaction Measures
4.3 Studies Utilizing Transaction Logs
4.4 Studies Utilizing the Critical Incident Technique
4.5 Other Search Failure Studies
4.6 Related Studies
5.0 Conclusion
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COLUMNS
Public-Access Provocations: An Informal Column
Those Who Don't, Won't
By Walt Crawford (pp. 54-56)
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REVIEWS
Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide to the
Internet
Reviewed by Billy Barron (pp. 57-59)
To read this file: select barron.n1
The Development of a Graphical User Interface for The Online
Journal of Current Clinical Trials
By Thomas B. Hickey and Terry Noreault (pp. 4-12)
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Electronic Publishing on Networks: A Selective Bibliography of
Recent Works
By Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (pp. 13-20)
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COLUMNS
Recursive Reviews
Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, and Information
Retrieval
By Martin Halbert (pp. 21-28)
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REVIEWS
Library Resources on the Internet: Strategies for Selection and
Use
Reviewed by Caroline R. Arms (pp. 29-34)
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The Public-Access Computer Systems Review
Editor-in-Chief
Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
University Libraries
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-2091
(713) 743-9804
LIB3@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LIB3@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet)
Associate Editors
Columns: Leslie Pearse, OCLC
Communications: Dana Rooks, University of Houston
Reviews: Roy Tennant, University of California, Berkeley
Editorial Board
Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin
George H. Brett II, University of North Carolina
General Administration
Steve Cisler, Apple
Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath
Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz
Charles Hildreth, READ Ltd.
Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland
Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation,
University of California
David R. McDonald, Tufts University
R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego
Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information
Mike Ridley, University of Waterloo
Peggy Seiden, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington
Peter Stone, University of Sussex
John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University
Publication Information
Published on an irregular basis by the University Libraries,
University of Houston. Technical support is provided by the
Information Technology Division, University of Houston.
Circulation: 4,130 subscribers in 45 countries (PACS-L) and 314
subscribers in 27 countries (PACS-P).
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Back issues are available from LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or
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available files, send the following e-mail message to the
LISTSERV: INDEX PACS-L. The name of each issue's table of
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