From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries
The following is reproduced from the weekly Chronicle of Higher Education
release electronically as of today:
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MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
A glance at the January 17 of "Science":
What's next in Internet searching?
Computer technology has come a long way since the 1960s, when
scientists could only envision digital library systems. Today,
digital libraries are commonplace, but the problems associated
with searching such vast pools of information have remained
virtually unchanged, writes Bruce R. Schatz, the director of
the Digital Library Research Program at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's library. Dr. Schatz's article,
part of a special "bioinformatics section" in the magazine,
explains how the technology has changed, and predicts that
technical advances will allow Internet users to perform
searches using concepts instead of simple keywords or phrases.
By 2010, he writes, new technology will enable scientists to
search for information and articles using concepts in their
fields instead of technical vocabulary. "Vocabulary switching"
capabilities will also enable scientists to use their own
vocabulary to search fields other than their own, he predicts.
(The magazine may be found at your library.) (January 17)
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