Information retrieval : a health and biomedical perspective / William R. Hersh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hersh, William R.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Health informatics

Health informatics series (formerly Computers in health care)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical Informatics.

Delivery of Health Care.

Information Storage and Retrieval.

Medical informatics series.

Information storage and retrieval systems--Medicine.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Medical Subjects:

Medical Informatics.

Delivery of Health Care.

Information Storage and Retrieval.

Physical Description:

xiv, 517 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2003]

Summary:

Reflecting the enormous changes and advancements in the indexing and retrieval of online information, aided by the Internet, this book details the technical state-of-the-art and research results in health and biomedical information retrieval. William R. Hersh illustrates in Information Retrieval: A Health and Biomedical Perspective, Second Edition, the tremendous impact information retrieval has had on clinical, consumer health, and genomics information in light of the growth of the World Wide Web.

Designed for use by professionals and students, Information Retrieval: A Health and Biomedical Perspective, Second Edition, reaches across disciplines to address the needs of those who study, develop, and evaluate health and biomedical information, as well as computer scientists, library and information scientists, and information technology developers who build databases, search engines, and Web sites for hospitals, universities, and other professional organizations. Heavily updated, this book is divided into three sections presenting basic concepts, state of the art, and research directions.

This book covers the theory and practical application of all aspects of health information retrieval systems. Information Retrieval: A Health and Biomedical Perspective, Second Edition, is an essential resource for healthcare administrators, medical informaticians, library information scientists, information technology developers, and academicians in understanding technology and remaining on the cutting edge in today's progressive and ever-changing world of healthcare.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Terms, Models, and Resources 3

Chapter 2 Health and Biomedical Information 22

Chapter 3 System Evaluation 83

Part II State of the Art

Chapter 5 Indexing 146

Chapter 6 Retrieval 183

Chapter 7 Evaluation 219

Part III Research Directions

Chapter 8 Lexical-Statistical Systems 265

Chapter 9 Linguistic Systems 310

Chapter 10 Augmenting Systems for Users 356

Chapter 11 Information Extraction 397

Appendix 1 Ten Sample Documents to Illustrate Indexing and Retrieval 431

Appendix 2 Inverted File of Words from Documents of Appendix 1 435

Appendix 3 Document Vectors for Words from Documents of Appendix 1 with Weighting Measures 443

Appendix 4 Inverted File of MeSH Terms from Documents of Appendix 1 with Term Frequency and Postings 448.

Notes:

First ed. has subtitle: a health care perspective.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-502).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0387955224

OCLC:

50064826