Web Search Engines

We're pleased to announce the publication of Web Search: 
Multidisciplinary Perspectives in the Information Science and 
Knowledge Management series by Springer.

Contents include contributions approaching Web search engines from 
philosophical, cultural, critical, legal, economic, historical, 
political, and information scientific perspectives.

The table of contents is pasted below. More information can be found 
at these links:
Springer:
http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/book/978-3-540-75828-0

   
     

	Web Search Multidisciplinary Perspectives Series: Information Science and Knowledge Management , Vol. 14 Spink, Amanda; Zimmer, Michael (Eds.) 2008, XII, 352 p. 41 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75828-0 Not yet published. Available: April 14, 2008
	$119.00

About this book

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Table of contents

About this book

Web search engines are not just indispensable tools for finding and accessing information online, but have become a defining component of the human condition and can be conceptualized as a complex behavior embedded within an individual's everyday social, cultural, political, and information-seeking activities.

This book investigates Web search from the non-technical perspective, bringing together chapters that represent a range of multidisciplinary theories, models, and ideas. It examines the various roles and impacts of Web searching on the social, cultural, political, legal, and informational spheres of our lives, such as the impact on individuals, social groups, modern and postmodern ways of knowing, and public and private life. By critically examining the issues, theories, and formations arising from, and surrounding, Web searching, this book represents an important contribution to the emerging multidisciplinary body of research on Web search engines.

The new ideas and novel perspectives gathered in this volume will prove valuable for research and curricula in social sciences, communication studies, cultural studies, information science, and related disciplines.

Written for:

Information scientists, computer scientists, librarians, library science researchers

Keywords:

• Search Engine Design
• Web Search Behavior
• Web Search Engines
• Web Search Quality