Liz,
There has been a very active discussion on federated searching on the
WEB4LIB discussion list recently (it is still ongoing). See near the
bottom of
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0404/thread.html#start for
the thread or do a search for 'federated searching'.
Regards,
Chris
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-----Original Message-----
From: Liz Lewis-InfArch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:27 PM
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Subject: [LIS-UKOLUG] Federated searching
*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
>
> Liz Lewis
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