Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour and Retrieval

Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour and RetrievalInformation retrieval (IR) is a complex human activity supported by sophisticated systems. This book covers the whole spectrum of information retrieval, including: history and background information; behaviour and seeking task based information; searching and retrieval approaches to investigating information; and, evaluation interfaces for IR.

Addresses the most important question in developmental politics – how can a developing country emerge from a historical cycle of underdevelopment

while also providing a brief introduction to the history of Messene and to the story of the site’s more recent development as an informative visitor-destination

Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art

this book – the first English-language directory of Turkish films – provides an extensive historical overview the country’s cinema since the early 1920s

The ‘we’ of ballet is complex

and cultural influence of Baldwin’s writing and political activism

written between 1953 and 1971 include a broad range of art produced for the Russian church within the context of the Christian tradition

when maids would apply perfumed lotions to their mistress in preparation for her social rounds

as well as the in-between spaces within the architectural structure of filmic expression

This volume therefore represents a significant contribution both to the study of middle-class cultural forms and to an understanding of the relationship between culture and power

While many commentators regard public service as being in transition

Based on a series of conversations