Information retrieval consists of four main stages: Identifying the exact subject of the search; Locating this subject in a guide which refers the searcher to one or more documents; Locating the documents; Locating the required information in the documents.
Douglas John Foskett
The same thing can be identified by many different terms,…
The same thing can be identified by many different terms, and the same term may mean many different things.
The work of the information officer [should be] regarded as…
The work of the information officer [should be] regarded as the natural dynamic extension of that of the librarian.