Language and representation in information retrieval
Language and representation in information retrieval
The cognitive viewpoint in information science
Journal of Information Science
Information retrieval interaction
Information retrieval interaction
Progress in the application of natural language processing to information retrieval tasks
The Computer Journal - Special issue on information retrieval
Analysis of users' searches of CD-ROM databases in the national and university library in Zagreb
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design
Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design
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The aim of this paper is to provide some elucidation of the tensions inherent in the problem of meaning and use this to inform both theoretical and pragmatic issues in IR. The difficulties of theory in IR are discussed and a new model of meaning as a dialectic is introduced. This model consists of two dialectics: objective versus subjective and individual versus shared. It is shown that this model assists IR in revealing some of the difficulties in its theoretical assumptions and thus provides a clearer focus for improvements in practice.