• DocumentCode
    2773545
  • Title

    The making of an information retrieval interface

  • Author

    Meadow, Charles T.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Libr. & Inf. Sci., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    22-25 Oct 1990
  • Firstpage
    787
  • Lastpage
    795
  • Abstract
    The design for three information retrieval interfaces, or `front ends,´ are reviewed. The interfaces, IIDA, OAK and OAK II, were intended to assist end-users, the infrequent users who are not expected to learn or retain knowledge of a full command language, yet who want to perform database searches on their own. The principal design features, reasons for most design decisions, user reaction and projections for future interface designs are discussed
  • Keywords
    information retrieval systems; user interfaces; IIDA; OAK; OAK II; database searches; front ends; information retrieval interface; interface designs; user reaction; Application software; Buildings; Computer interfaces; Information retrieval; Information science; Laboratories; Libraries; Reliability theory; Software tools; Spatial databases;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Technology, 1990. 'Next Decade in Information Technology', Proceedings of the 5th Jerusalem Conference on (Cat. No.90TH0326-9)
  • Conference_Location
    Jerusalem
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-2078-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/JCIT.1990.128362
  • Filename
    128362