ASSIGNMENT OF PAPER 3.2

TUMKUR UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCINCE

2010-11

PAPER 3.2: INFORMATION SYSTEM & RETRIEVAL II

ASSIGNMENT-1

1).DATA:-

             Information science define data is unprocessed information.

             ITt also be defined as facts represented in a readable language,

             on a durablemedia.

2).INFORMATION:-

            The word "information" was used for the best time in 1958 in place of document.
             information is a message recieved and understood. Information  is something that can be recorded.

3).KNOWLEDGE:-

            a). Information that has been comprahenced and evaluated in the light of 

                experience and incorporated into the knower's intellectual understanding

                of it's subject..

             b).Knowledge is defined by the OED expertise and skills acquired by a person

                  through experience or education.

             

4).WISDOM:-

             Wisdom is the ability to optimally(effectivley and efficiently) apply perceptions

              and knowledge  and so produce the desired result.

5).RETRIEVAL:-

            a) To find and select specific information in the record or a file storage.

6).SYSTEM:-

             Any group or objects which are related or interacting so as to form a unit.

             IS a set of interacting or interdependent entities or inputs,rel or abstract

             forming an integrated whole or out put.

7).INDEX:-

           a).A number which is used to select a particular item from an array of items in

             memory.

            b).Index is a guide to the contents of a file / document.

8).INDEXING:-

             The process of compiling one or more indexes for a singel publication such as 

             monograph, multivolumes etc.

9).VOCABULARY:-

             All the words used in a language also all the words & phrase used by a 

             particular person,group or proffession.

10).VOCABULARY CONTROL:-

             In indexing the process of creating and maintaining a list of preffered terms.

11).THESAURUS:-

             Literally a store house or treasury of knowledge.

12).CITATION:-

             Refers to a note of reference to a work from which a passage has been quoted

             or to some source as authority for a statement or proposition.

             Information about a book or article that is used to identify or locate the book

             or article.

13).QUERY:-

            a).Refer to a particular request for information.

             b)It is a form of questioning in a line of inquiry.

14).TRUNCATION:-

              Shortening of search word, field or record.

15).BOOLEAN LOGIC:-

              Phrase used to describe the connecting of terms that enable the user to do a

              more specific search in database terms and or not.

16).KEYWORD:-

               A significant word or phrase in the title,subject heading,content note,abstract

               or text of a record in an online catalogue or bibilographic database.

17).SYNONYM:-

                A word or phrase that has the same meaning as other term in the

                same language. for example the terms "book jocket" and "dust jocket".

18).ANTONYM:-

               a).A word having the opposite meaning of anopther. the opposite of

                   synonym.

               b).A word or phrase which is the opposite in meaning of another term.

19).RECALL:-

               A notice which has been sent to a reader for requesting the return of book.

20).PRECISSION:-

               It reffers to measures that are commonly used to evaluate the performance of

               literature search especiaaly a search conducted in same type of information

               retrival system.

REFERENCE:-

1.ANE's Encyclopedic Dictionary of LIS-(1,2,27,8,12,14,15,18,20)

2.Dictionary for Library and Information science-(9,10,17)

3.Encyclopedia Dictionary of Library Science-(5,6,7,11,12,13,16,18,19)
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom(4)
5.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/query(13)