Dictionary of information science and technology /

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Author / Creator:Watters, Carolyn, 1949-
Imprint:Boston : Academic Press, ©1992.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 300 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Information science -- Dictionaries.
Information technology -- Dictionaries.
Library science -- Technological innovations -- Dictionaries.
Sciences de l'information -- Dictionnaires anglais.
Technologie de l'information -- Dictionnaires anglais.
Bibliothéconomie -- Innovations -- Dictionnaires anglais.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
Information science.
Information technology.
Library science -- Technological innovations.
Informatica.
Informatietechnologie.
Sciences de l'information -- Dictionnaires anglais.
Technologie de l'information -- Dictionnaires anglais.
Bibliothéconomie -- Dictionnaires anglais.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Dictionaries.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226299
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ISBN:9780080926469
0080926460
012738510X
9780127385105
0127386106
9780127386102
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-300).
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Summary:Information science is the study of information phenomena, including the acquisition, storage, and manipulation of data, information, and knowledge. It is by nature an interdisciplinary field. Researchers, managers, system users, and students need access to tools, terms, and techniques that are spread out over a large literature in a number of different disciplines: information retrieval, database management, office information systems, information technology, communication and networking, relevant computer hardware, and artificial intelligence. This work facilitates the cross-use terms from th.
Other form:Print version: Watters, Carolyn, 1949- Dictionary of information science and technology. Boston : Academic Press, ©1992
Review by Choice Review

Watters's book finds its niche in the eclectic field of information science by providing in a single alphabetical listing more than 700 definitions of specialized terms from communications, knowledge engineering, database management, and information retrieval. (The areas of human-computer interfaces and multimedia are omitted.) Entries are keyed to their location in an overall subject outline, as well as to a useful bibliography of about 340 primary and secondary sources. Some definitions are simplistic (especially for hardware-related terms, e.g., "optical disk: a data storage device that is characterized by high storage density and low cost per data unit"); and some definitions include terms that need but do not receive further definition. Cross-references are included at the ends of definitions, but it is not clear when terms used within a definition are also themselves defined. Although this dictionary is certainly not exhaustive, graduate students and professionals will find it a useful starting point for terms in areas outside their specialties. D. A. Kranch; Ambassador College

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