Fundamental Skills: Information Retrieval - Access to Knowledge-Based Resources

This module provides an overview of information  retrieval (IR), also known as search, applied to
knowledge‐based resources in the biomedical and health domain. The HIBB begins with definitions
of key terms in the field. This is followed by a description of the components of IR systems. The
remainder of the HIBB describe the types and provides examples of knowledge‐based resources,
including bibliographic, full‐text, annotated, and aggregated resources.
 
Project: Global Health Informatics Partnership
 
Author: William Hersh

Learning Objectives

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01: Information Retrieval - Learning Objectives and Detailed Specifications	William Hersh	ir_detailed_specifications.pdf

1) Define the key terms of information retrieval.
2) Understand the purposes and techniques used for indexing and retrieval.
3) Be able to access bibliographic, full‐text, annotated, and aggregated resources of biomedical  
and health content.

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