10 Questions
What is the primary resource used by genomics researchers to locate information on the Web?
PubMed
What is the term used to describe the process of pre-processing documents to speed up retrieval?
Indexing
What type of words are typically ignored in word indexing?
Stop words
What is the primary function of an index in document retrieval?
To facilitate rapid location of items of interest
What is the name of the database that PubMed provides access to?
MEDLINE
What is the purpose of word indexing in document retrieval?
To speed up the retrieval of documents
What is the name of the organization that maintains PubMed?
National Center for Biotechnology Information
What is the benefit of using search engines on the World Wide Web?
It replaces the library as the reference tool of first choice
What is the primary advantage of using an index in document retrieval?
It facilitates rapid location of items of interest
What is the term used to describe the process of locating information on the Web?
Information Retrieval
This quiz covers concept indexing, a technique used in information retrieval to identify and map words or phrases to a thesaurus of synonyms as concepts.
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