http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/03/16/federated-searching-and-why-users-arent-findingusing-your-electronic-materials/ A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/03/16/federated-searching-and-why-users-arent-findingusing-your-electronic-materials/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 The Distant Librarian Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:52:40 +0000 /?p=180#comment-1627 <strong>Federated searching and why users aren’t finding/using your electronic materials</strong> A pretty good rant on what's wrong with federated searching from Meredith Farkas.Link: Federated searching and why users aren’t finding/using your electronic materials. Federated searching and why users aren’t finding/using your electronic materials
A pretty good rant on what’s wrong with federated searching from Meredith Farkas.Link: Federated searching and why users aren’t finding/using your electronic materials.

]]> http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/03/16/federated-searching-and-why-users-arent-findingusing-your-electronic-materials/comment-page-1/#comment-1623 docwolf Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:26:12 +0000 /?p=180#comment-1623 One example of federated searching done well (even though it only covers a narrow group of subjects), is <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi?itool=toolbar">NCBI's Entrez</a>. If we had these tools, and the ability to download full-text PDF's when <i>I</i> was in med school, i would have saved an unbelievable amount of time. (On the other hand, it may have prevented me from getting out of the house & into the library, depriving me of any insight the reference librarians on staff could have provided.) One example of federated searching done well (even though it only covers a narrow group of subjects), is NCBI’s Entrez. If we had these tools, and the ability to download full-text PDF’s when I was in med school, i would have saved an unbelievable amount of time. (On the other hand, it may have prevented me from getting out of the house & into the library, depriving me of any insight the reference librarians on staff could have provided.)

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