n. ~ A process that mediates between large quantities of information and users by retrieving a selected subset from the information that most nearly matches the user's request. Notes:  'Info [..]

the field of study that examines how people find information and how tools can be constructed (such as search engines and catalogs) to help people find information. Studies examine how the organizatio [..]

Information retrieval is the science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases, whet [..]

The process, methods, and procedures used to selectively recall recorded information from a file of data. In libraries and archives, searches are typically for a known item or for information on a spe [..]

The field of science based on sorting or searching through large data sets to find relevant information.

Searching a body of information for objects that match a search query.