A task-oriented approach to information retrieval evaluation

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-56

  Hersh, William ^a   Pentecost, Jeffrey ^a   Hickam, David ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003040889     PISSN: 00028231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199601)47:1<50::AID-ASI5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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