IL30110 - INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND THE INTERNET

Module Identifier	IL30110
Module Title	INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND THE INTERNET
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Mr Alan Wheatley
Semester	Semester 2
Other staff	E M Keen
Pre-Requisite
Course delivery	Lecture	14 Hours
	Practical	8 Hours
Assessment	Semester Exam	1.5 Hours	50%
	Semester Assessment	Project Work:	50%

Learning outcomes

At the end of this modules student should be able to:

analyse the primary features of interfaces for information systems;
describe the principles of modern Internet-based information retreival operations;
describe the major types of Internet information retrieval tools;
use the Internet to satify a variety of information needs;
produce basic Web pages;
optimise Web pages for successful retreival via rearch engines;
produce and manage basic images for Web pages.

Aims

The aims of this module are to review the results of the changes to information retrieval, to critically examine the current state of the Internet's major information retrieval channels, and to anylise the relationship between Web page features and their information retrieval consequences.l

Transferable skills

During the course of the module, the following skills will be developed:

independent project work,
information and IT handling,