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Matching users and user languages in information retrieval

Charles T. Meadow (The author is Professor of Library and Information Science at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. This work was completed whilst the author was at the Postgraduate School of Librarianship and Information Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.)

Online Review

ISSN: 0309-314X

Article publication date: 1 April 1981

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Abstract

A review is made of research in the design and use of languages for computer programming, with emphasis on one of its specialized applications, information retrieval, and on the end‐user directly interacting with the computer. It is shown that we lack the criteria for determining what is the best fit of a language to a particular user, although some research has suggested that there is a means by which this can be done, offering the users a wide range of language choice and using the computer as a means of helping him learn and adapt to the language.

Citation

Meadow, C.T. (1981), "Matching users and user languages in information retrieval", Online Review, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 313-322. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024067

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MCB UP Ltd

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