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European Summer School on Information Retrieval

ESSIR 2000: Lectures on Information Retrieval pp 1–20Cite as

Getting into Information Retrieval

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This is a general introduction to Information Retrieval concentrating on some specific topics. I will begin by setting the scene for IR research and introduce its extensive experimental evaluation methodology. I will highlight some of the related areas of research which are currently in fashion emphasising the role of IR in each. For each introductory topic I will illustrate its relevance to IR in the context of a multimedia and multi-lingual environment where appropriate. I will also try and relate these topics to the other papers contained in this volume. My main purpose will be to introduce some underlying concepts and ideas essential for the understanding of IR research and techniques.

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland

    C. J. Keith van Rijsbergen

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  1. Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informatica, Universitá di Padova, Via Ognissanti,72, 35131, Padova

    Maristella Agosti

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Strathclyde, G1 1XH, Glasgow, Scotland,UK

    Fabio Crestani

  3. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ITIM, Via Ampere, 56, 20131, Milano, Italy

    Gabriella Pasi

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van Rijsbergen, C.J.K. (2000). Getting into Information Retrieval. In: Agosti, M., Crestani, F., Pasi, G. (eds) Lectures on Information Retrieval. ESSIR 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1980. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45368-7_1

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