There was an interesting discussion about this on web4lib last
month.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0404/subject.html
On 6 May 2004 at 14:26, Liz Lewis-InfArch wrote:
> *apologies for cross-posting*
>
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We are looking into the possibility of implementing federated
> > searching, ie one search interface for a wide range of in-house
> > databases and other online resources. I would be very interested to
> > hear from anyone who has any information on the pros and cons of
> > this, or who has already implemented this at their institution. I
> > will summarise any responses for the list.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance!
> > Liz
> >
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