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Research Article
Making digital libraries effective: Automatic generation of links for similarity search across hyper-textbooks
Article first published online: 20 JAN 2004
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10390
Copyright © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Issue
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Volume 55, Issue 5, pages 414–430, March 2004
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How to Cite
Melucci, M. (2004), Making digital libraries effective: Automatic generation of links for similarity search across hyper-textbooks. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 55: 414–430. doi: 10.1002/asi.10390
Publication History
- Issue published online: 10 FEB 2004
- Article first published online: 20 JAN 2004
- Manuscript Revised: 25 SEP 2003
- Manuscript Accepted: 25 SEP 2003
- Manuscript Received: 12 APR 2003
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Abstract
Textbooks are more available in electronic format now than in the past. Because textbooks are typically large, the end user needs effective tools to rapidly access information encapsulated in textbooks stored in digital libraries. Statistical similarity-based links among hyper-textbooks are a means to provide those tools. In this paper, the design and the implementation of a tool that generates networks of links within and across hyper-textbooks through a completely automatic and unsupervised procedure is described. The design is based on statistical techniques. The overall methodology is presented together with the results of a case study reached through a working prototype that shows that connecting hyper-textbooks is an efficient way to provide an effective retrieval capability.