Introduction
This assignment is designed to get you to expand your horizons by giving you the opportunity to spend some thoughtful time with an Information Retrieval product. In this case "Information Retrieval product" is being loosely defined: an indexing programme, searchable multimedia product, a CD-ROM index, etc.
The Assignment
To complete this assignment you will:
- Select any product that has something to do with Information Retrieval.
- Test, examine, evaluate the product.
- Determine and comment upon the general strengths and weaknesses of the product.
- Model your report after the product reviews found in most professional publications.
- Be sure to comment upon whether you recommend that all/some of the readers use/purchase the product.
- Limit the report to two pages (single-spaced).
- N.B. You do not have to compare the product to any other. Judge the product in isolation, on its own merits.
- If you wish, you can mimic theater/restaurant reviews by coming up with some kind of rating system (e.g. thumbs, stars, etc.) and assigning the appropriate rating to your product.
Page creator: J. Stephen Downie
Page created: 22 October 1997
Page updated: 23 October 1997