Key terms related to information searching and search models are defined. A historic context is provided to illustrate the evolution of the four main digital environments that users interact with in their search process to offer readers background information regarding the transition from manual information systems to computer-based information retrieval (IR) systems, as well as the transition ...

The objective of most users for consulting any information database, information warehouse or the internet is to resolve one problem or the other. Available online or offline annotation tools were not conceived with the objective of assisting users in their bid to resolve a decisional problem. Apart from the objective and usage of annotation tools, how these tools are conceived and classified h...

We can do everything. T What IS can do toady is highly limited. What we cannot do is Useless. R Useless confused with Cannot Be Done. So... why to worry about Uncertainty? U No future without using Uncertainty. T The Information Systems Radical. H The Uncertainty Zealot. Summary: This report surveys various forms of imperfect data, be it imprecision or uncertainty. To that end, a structured the...

Introduction. The digital age brings changes to information retrieval systems, users, information, and the environments in which users interact with systems. That also poses challenges for users to effectively retrieve information to accomplish their tasks and goals. Argument. This paper presents the planned-situational model that illustrates how plans and situations co-determine users’ selecti...

introduction: one of the software packages designed for libraries and documenting centres is unesco cds/isis mini-micro software package. most libraries in iran have a copy of it. this research was aimed to investigate the degree of its application in central libraries of medical sciences universities in 2004. methods and materials: it is a descriptive study in which a questionnaire was used to...

introduction: the manual and paper-based process of production and storage of medical records in iran have led to difficulties in filing and retrieval of the medical records. one of the usual solutions is using computerized medical records via electronic storage of paper-based medical records. the aim of this study was to recognize using computerized medical records in nine selected hospitals. ...