TileBars: Visualization of Term Distribution Information in Full Text Information Access (1995)
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@MISC{Hearst95tilebars:visualization,
author = {Marti A. Hearst},
title = {TileBars: Visualization of Term Distribution Information in Full Text Information Access},
year = {1995}
}
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Abstract
The field of information retrieval has traditionally focused on textbases consisting of titles and abstracts. As a consequence, many underlying assumptions must be altered for retrieval from full-length text collections. This paper argues for making use of text structure when retrieving from full text documents, and presents a visualization paradigm, called TileBars, that demonstrates the usefulness of explicit term distribution information in Boolean-type queries. TileBars simultaneously and compactly indicate relative document length, query term frequency, and query term distribution. The patterns in a column of TileBars can be quickly scanned and deciphered, aiding users in making judgments about the potential relevance of the retrieved documents. KEYWORDS: Information retrieval, Full-length text, Visualization. INTRODUCTION Information access systems have traditionally focused on retrieval of documents consisting of titles and abstracts. As a consequence, the underlying assumpt...
