information retrieval

activity of obtaining information resources relevant to an information need from a collection of information resources
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information retrieval

Summary

information retrieval is an activity[1]. It draws 442 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #44 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • information retrieval's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • information retrieval's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • information retrieval's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • information retrieval's instance of is recorded as information science term[6].
  • information retrieval's GND ID is recorded as 4072803-1[7].
  • information retrieval's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85066148[8].
  • information retrieval's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122132635[9].
  • information retrieval's subclass of is recorded as search[10].
  • information retrieval's subclass of is recorded as taking[11].
  • information retrieval's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00575010[12].
  • information retrieval's Commons category is recorded as Information retrieval[13].
  • information retrieval's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-recherche d'information.wav[14].
  • information retrieval's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D016247[15].
  • information retrieval's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 46118[16].
  • information retrieval's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y9s[17].
  • information retrieval's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.313.500.750.280[18].
  • information retrieval's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.470[19].
  • information retrieval's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph163856[20].
  • information retrieval's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Information retrieval[21].
  • information retrieval's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX535604[22].
  • information retrieval's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300155377[23].
  • information retrieval's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 025.04[24].
  • information retrieval's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 025.524[25].
  • information retrieval's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 005.74[26].
  • information retrieval's PSH ID is recorded as 6504[27].

Why It Matters

information retrieval draws 442 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #44 of 272).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_information-retrieval_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{information retrieval}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/information-retrieval}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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