I heartily recommend "Introduction to Information Retrieval": http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Information-Retrieval-Christopher-Manning/dp/0521865719/ref=ntt

I heartily recommend "Introduction to Information Retrieval": http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Information-Retrieval-Christopher-Manning/dp/0521865719/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2 http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Information-Retrieval-Chr... Skim it once to collect vocabulary, then use it as a reference for IR algorithms.