Federated Searching Software Library and Information Science Libraries
Cross-database search tools. Federated search solutions can search multiple catalogs, online databases, and search engines, often merging and de-duplicating results.
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- MetaSearch Solution - Information on gateway to library resources.[PDF]
- Horizon Information Portal - SirsiDynix product page.
- MetaLib - The Ex Libris library portal. Includes features list federated searching and other resources.
- The Right Solution: Federated Search Tools - Library Journal Digital column by Roy Tennant, providing an introduction federated searching to the benefits of federated searching.
- Central Search - Serials Solutions' product site.
- Cross database searching: Information literacy for the 'real world'? - John Terrell, RMIT University Library, examines the process software of cross federated searching database searching in the light of software the Information Literacy Framework federated searching and supporting student development.[PDF]
- ZPortal - Product information on the Z39.50 search engine from software OCLC PICA.
- WebFeat - Information on WebFeat Prism, news, and contact information.
- Livelink Federated Query Server - Provides unified access to information repositories, news feeds, document management library and information science systems, intranets, and the Internet.
- CrossRef - Information on the reference linking service using Digital library and information federated searching science Object Identifiers (DOI).
- The Truth About Federated Searching - Reviews five common misconceptions about federated searching services. federated searching [Information software Today]
- Falling Down the Portal: Adventures in Federated Metasearch Technology at California State University Northridge - PowerPoint slide presentation.
- Cengage Learning: General OneFile - A meta-search management system with overview and tour.
- MuseGlobal - Java-enabled, hub-based, metasearch engine by Peter and Kate library and information science Noerr. Demonstrations and background information.
- List of Portal Application Functionalities for the Library of Congress - Requirements list for federated searching products, similar to federated searching a RFP (request for proposal) vendor format. From federated searching the Library of Congress Portals Applications Issues Group federated searching (LCPAIG).[PDF]
- Trumping Google? Metasearching's Promise - Discussion of federated searching models, with selected links. library and information science [Library Journal]
- Do We Want or Need Metasearching? - Short commentary on federated searching and its impact software on information software literacy. [Library Journal]
- Federated Search Engines and Link Resolvers - A weblog with progress reports, from the University of Pretoria.
- FirstSearch - The OCLC WorldCat bibliographic database underpins FirstSearch and federated searching supports indexing and searching with Z39.50 compatibility across federated searching multiple databases and full-text sources.
- In Defense of Stupid Users - Article on federated search engines by Todd Miller, library and information library and information science science president of WebFeat. [Library Journal]
- ENCompass - Provides integrated access. News and information from Endeavor software Information Systems.
- Federated Searching: Put It in Its Place - Proposes a new relationship between federated search engines federated searching and library and information science the library catalog. [Library Journal]
- Keystone Digital Library Suite - An Open Source Software system providing networked information discovery services, developed and distributed by Index Data.
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