INTRODUCTION Information is produced and published in large quantities every day. Books, journals, newspapers, research papers, reports, websites, databases, institutional publications, digital archives, and other information resources contain knowledge that users may need for education, research, decision-making, and professional activities. However, having access to a large amount of information does not automatically mean that users can easily find the information they need. Information Retrieval Systems help solve this problem. They are systems designed to organize, search, retrieve, and present relevant information to users based on their information needs. A user may enter a word, phrase, question, subject, title, author, or other search expression, and the system searches its collection or database for resources that are likely to be relevant. Information retrieval is particularly important in libraries, academic institutions, research organizations, government agencie...
