Intelligent information Retrieval comprehensively surveys scientific
information retrieval, which is characterized by growing convergence of
information expressed in varying complementary forms of data - textual,
numerical, image, and graphics; by the fundamental transformation which
the scientific library is currently being subjected to; and by computer
networking which as become an essential element of the research
fabric.
Intelligent Information Retrieval addresses enabling technologies,
so-called `wide area network resource discovery tools', and the state
of the art in astronomy and other sciences.
This work is essential reading for astronomers, scientists in related
disciplines, and all those involved in information storage and
retrieval.