Tools for Thinking, Thinking Tools: MLA Convention, December 30, 2005

Title Text Modeling Structured Search Full-text Search Spreading Activation Example: British Museum Document Clustering 1 Document Clustering 2 Limitations Literary Toolkit Austen: Emma Richardson: Clarissa Conclusion

Limitations of this model

Massive amounts of data are required

Wide variation in document length may cause problems

Highly stylized prose and orthographical inconsistencies will confuse a computer

Examples: Blogs and Literature