Information Retrieval and Organization

Catalog description

The practices and foundations of access to textual and nontextual information using the principles of information retrieval and web search. Introductory course for for undergraduate students in the last year of their academic program and graduate students covering the practices, issues, and theoretical foundations of organizing and analyzing information and information content for the purpose of providing access to textual and nontextual information resources. Introduces students to the principles of information storage and retrieval systems and databases. DS 441 Information Retrieval and Organization (3) This is an introductory course for Information Sciences and Technology senior and graduate students covering the practices, issues, and theoretical foundations of organizing and analyzing information and information content for the purpose of providing access to textual and non-textual information resources. This course will introduce students to the principles of information storage and retrieval systems and databases. Students will learn how effective information search and retrieval is interrelated with the organization and description of information to be retrieved. Students will also learn to use a set of tools, such as search engines, and procedures for organizing information. They will become familiar with the techniques involved in conducting effective searches of information resources.