TY - JOUR AB - In giving any introduction to information retrieval it is necessary to begin by explaining what it is and why, then to examine some of its central features, and then to try to forecast where it is going. To do the latter involves looking at some of the conflicting forces acting on it in the present, as well as at the technical developments which are always promising to revolutionize our work. VL - 30 IS - 12 SN - 0001-253X DO - 10.1108/eb050656 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050656 AU - Harley A.J. PY - 1978 Y1 - 1978/01/01 TI - An introduction to mechanized information retrieval T2 - Aslib Proceedings PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 420 EP - 425 Y2 - 2024/09/18 ER -