Information Retrieval Systems

Chapter one, “Basic Concepts of Information Retrieval Systems,” of G.G. Chowdhury (2004) text Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval explains that although the term “information retrieval” became popular in the research community from 1961 onwards, it was actually coined in 1952. Originally existing to inform of the existence or non-existence of bibliographic documents, this notion has changed since the availability of full text documents; the term is now defined as a “bridge between the world of creators or generators and the users of that information” (Chowdhury, 2004, p. 3).

Chowdhury, G.G. (2004). Basic concepts of information retrieval systems. In Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval (2nd ed, pp. 1-12). London: Facet Publishing.