"Information Retrieval" . . "This course presents Basic and advanced techniques for text-based information systems: efficient text indexing; Boolean and vector space retrieval models; evaluation and interface issues; Web search text/Web clustering, classification; text mining. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1)\tUnderstand and discuss current issues and research in online searching and information retrieval (2) Appreciate the capabilities and limitations of information retrieval systems (3)\tIdentify search concepts in an information request (4)\tEmploy appropriate search strategies and vocabularies for online and Internet searching (5)\tIdentify and exploit characteristics of reference and source databases and search systems for effective searching (6)\tList and discuss evaluation criteria for commercial and Internet-based search systems (7)\tDemonstrate problem solving skills to handle a complex search problem (8)\tIdentify and discuss problems, issues, and future developments in information retrieval and online searching" . . . .