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Article: Federated search engines: federated searching aggregates multiple channels of information into a single searchable point.(Cover Story)
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- March 1, 2004
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Does information in your organization reside in silos? Do you have to remember multiple database search protocols and passwords? Do you send students to the OPAC terminal to find books in your collection but to another computer to look for periodical articles? Perhaps there's a third for Internet access? Are end users in your company confused about the difference between one information source and another? Do results from a Web search and a fee-based premium information source look totally different? When researching a subject, can you imagine being able to do a single search, including subscription databases, Internet search engines, and electronic publications, instead ...