An agenda for green information retrieval research

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1067-1077

  Chowdhury, Gobinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Environmental sustainability; Green IR; Green IT; Information retrieval; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AUDIO SYSTEMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLOUD COMPUTING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; PLANNING; SEARCH ENGINES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUDIO AND VIDEO; DATABASE SEARCHES; DIGITAL INFORMATION; EDUCATION AND RESEARCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH;

GREEN COMPUTING;

EID: 84865689371     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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