http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA509607.htmlArticle on federated search engines by Todd Miller, president of WebFeat. [Library Journal]At the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in January, I attended yet another industry program??”this one under the aegis of NISO on metasearching??”where attendees in a packed room discussed various aspects of searching lots of databases at the same time.
BackTalk: In Defense of Stupid Users
By Todd Miller -- Library Journal, 3/15/2005
At the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in January, I attended yet another industry program—this one under the aegis of NISO onDigital LibrariesAt the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in JanuaryLibrary and Information Science > Software > Federated Searching
John Terrell, RMIT University Library, examines the process of cross database searching in the light of the Information Literacy Framework and supporting student development.
The OCLC WorldCat bibliographic database underpins FirstSearch and supports indexing and searching with Z39.50 compatibility across multiple databases and full-text sources.