ISC 220 Information Storage and Retrieval

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I. COURSE NUMBER AND CREDIT:

        ISC 220  3 S. H.

II. COURSE TITLE:

        Information Storage and Retrieval

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

        Consideration of the basic principles and tools for
        analysis and retrieval of information in various
        information systems (both textual and database
        systems).  Topics include analysis and storage of
        information, retrieval concepts, and types of
        retrieval systems.

IV. PREREQUISITES:

        ISC 110

V. JUSTIFICATION:

VI. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

        As a result of this course, students will be able to:
        1.  Explain various storage concepts and methods.
        2.  Explain various methods of acquiring information.
        3.  Explain how information is represented.
        4.  Explain how textual information is indexed,
            coded, an recorded.
        5.  Describe various methods of structuring files.
        6.  Explain how data are related to each other.
        7.  Interact with bibliographic retrieval systems,
            statistical retrieval systems, and database
            management systems.
        8.  Explain various retrieval concepts.

VII. COURSE OUTLINE:

        A.  Principles and Tools for Information Analysis and
            Storage
            1.  Acquisition and analysis
            2.  Structures and tools for organization of
                information for storage
                a.  Data representation, surrogation, and
                    structures
                b.  Indexing languages--natural language,
                    controlling vocabularies, codes and
                    coordination (subject analysis and
                    terminology control)
                c.  Coding and recording of information
                d.  File structures (overview)
                e.  Devices for association--semantic,
                    syntactic, algorithmic
        B.  Retrieval Concepts
            1.  Strategies for information seeking from
                structures files
                a.  Query formulation
                b.  Patterns of secondary/tertiary sources
                c.  Classical strategies
                d.  Stopping
                e.  File performance criteria--precision/
                    recall
            2.  Strategies for information seeking for non-
                structured problem solving
                a.  Process
                b.  Heuristic aids in structured files
                c.  Focus on environment
        C.  Types of retrieval Systems
            1.  Bibliographic retrieval systems
            2.  Database management systems
            3.  Statistical retrieval systems

VIII. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

        Lecture and class discussions.  Class projects.  Read
        articles in various aspects of information storage
        and retrieval.  Assignment to use storage methods.
        Assignments in retrieving information from various
        types of information retrieval systems.  (A
        collection of questions to be retrieved from various
        retrieval systems.)

IX. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

X. MEANS OF EVALUATION:

        Examinations, assignments

XI. RESOURCES:

XII. BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 
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