LEADER 03972nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910784655103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-75154-1 010 $a9786610751549 010 $a0-08-046909-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364089 035 $a(EBL)285784 035 $a(OCoLC)173643772 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268671 035 $a(PQKB)11317934 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL285784 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160352 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75154 035 $a(CaSebORM)9780123706096 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC285784 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364089 100 $a20060718d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWeb dragons$b[electronic resource] $einside the myths of search engine technology /$fIan H. Witten, Marco Gori, Teresa Numerico 205 $a1st edition 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston $cMorgan Kaufmann$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 225 0 $aMorgan Kaufmann series in multimedia and information systems 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-370609-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and indexes. 327 $aFront cover; Web Dragons; Copyright page; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; Chapter 1: SETTING THE SCENE; ACCORDING TO THE PHILOSOPHERS...; ENTER THE TECHNOLOGISTS; THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION; THE WORLD WIDE WEB; SO WHAT?; NOTES AND SOURCES; Chapter 2: LITERATURE AND THE WEB; THE CHANGING FACE OF LIBRARIES; METADATA; DIGITIZING OUR HERITAGE; SO WHAT?; NOTES AND SOURCES; Chapter 3: MEET THE WEB; BASIC CONCEPTS; WEB PAGES: DOCUMENTS AND BEYOND; METROLOGY AND SCALING; STRUCTURE OF THE WEB; SO WHAT?; NOTES AND SOURCES; Chapter 4: HOW TO SEARCH 327 $aSEARCHING TEXTSEARCHING IN A WEB; DEVELOPMENTS IN WEB SEARCH; BIRTH OF THE DRAGONS; SO WHAT?; NOTES AND SOURCES; Chapter 5: THE WEB WARS; PRESERVING THE ECOSYSTEM; INCREASING VISIBILITY: TRICKS OF THE TRADE; BUSINESS, ETHICS, AND SPAM; THE ANTI-SPAM WAR; SO WHAT?; NOTES AND SOURCES; Chapter 6: WHO CONTROLS INFORMATION?; THE VIOLENCE OF THE ARCHIVE; WEB DEMOCRACY; PRIVACY AND CENSORSHIP; COPYRIGHT AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN; THE BUSINESS OF SEARCH; SO WHAT?; NOTES AND SOURCES; Chapter 7: THE DRAGONS EVOLVE; THE ADVENTURE OF SEARCH; PERSONALIZATION IN PRACTICE; COMMUNITIES; PRIVATE SUBNETWORKS 327 $aTHE USER AS LIBRARIANYOUR COMPUTER AND THE WEB; SO WHAT?; NOTES AND SOURCES; REFERENCES; INDEX 330 $aIn the eye-blink that has elapsed since the turn of the millennium, the lives of those of us who work with information have been utterly transformed. Pretty well all we need to know is on the web; if not today, then tomorrow. It's where we learn and play, shop and do business, keep up with old friends and meet new ones. What makes it possible for us to find the stuff we need to know? Search engines.Search engines-"web dragons?-are the portals through which we access society's treasure trove of information. How do they stack up against librarians, the gatekeepers over centuries past? Wh 410 4$aThe Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems 606 $aSearch engines 606 $aWorld Wide Web 606 $aElectronic information resource literacy 615 0$aSearch engines. 615 0$aWorld Wide Web. 615 0$aElectronic information resource literacy. 676 $a025.04 700 $aWitten$b I. H$g(Ian H.)$028571 701 $aGori$b Marco$062040 701 $aNumerico$b Teresa$0280770 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784655103321 996 $aWeb dragons$93722210 997 $aUNINA