Efthimiadis, E.N. "A review of online searching aids." British Library Research Paper 86. London, UK: British Library; 1990, 68p. [Research report]

The purpose of this review is to indicate the current state and the potential of tools and systems designed to aid online searching, referred to here as online searching aids. It is not intended to be exhaustive, either of the literature or of the systems. Therefore, selected recent and current work in information retrieval (IR) is reviewed. The review also covers areas other than information retrieval in a selective manner. Finally, some suggestions are made concerning future areas of development of "searching aids".

This review is the second part of a British Library funded project at the City University; the first part resulted in the publication of a bibliography on "online searching aids" [Efthimiadis 89b].