The (7) seven stages of the information retrieval.
Lesk (1996) is famed for writing the seven stages of information retrieval. Lask is account seemed to be a criticism of Bush’s predictions on information retrieval systems since he referred a number of times to Bush’s writings and predictions. Shakespear had described the seven ages of man (Shakespear 1599) starting from infancy and leading to senility. The history of information retrieval parallels such a life, assert Lesk (1996:1). Lesk says the popularization of the idea of information retrieval started in 1945, with Vannevar Bush’s article. In this paper the author is going to discuss the (7) seven stages of the information retrieval. Definition of Terms The author will define what information retrieval is and who Michael Lesk was. According to the Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org/wiki/information-Retrieval , Information retrieval (IR) is the activity of obtaining information need from a collection of information resources. Searches can be based on metadata or on full-tex