Search has become ubiquitous but that does not mean that search has been solved. Enterprise search, which is broadly speaking the use of information retrieval technology to find information within organisations, is a good example to illustrate this. It is an area that is of huge importance for businesses, yet has attracted relatively little academic interest. This monograph will explore the main issues involved in enterprise search both from a research as well as a practical point of view. We will first plot the landscape of enterprise search and its links to related areas. This will allow us to identify key features before we survey the field in more detail. Throughout the monograph we will discuss the topic as part of the wider information retrieval research field, and we use Web search as a common reference point as this is likely the search application area that the average reader is most familiar with.

搜索已变得无处不在，但这并不意味着搜索已解决。从广义上讲，企业搜索是使用信息检索技术在组织内查找信息的一个很好的例子。这个领域对企业来说非常重要，但学术兴趣却相对较小。该专着将从研究和实践的角度探讨企业搜索中涉及的主要问题。我们将首先绘制企业搜索的概况及其与相关领域的链接。这将使我们能够在更详细地调查现场之前确定关键特征。在整个专着中，我们将作为更广泛的信息检索研究领域的一部分来讨论该主题，