MetaLib, WebFeat, and Google: The strengths and weaknesses of federated search engines compared with Google

Online Information Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-427

  Chen, Xiaotian ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Search engines

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FEDERATED SEARCH ENGINES; GOOGLE - SEARCH ENGINE; INFORMATION LITERACY; SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 33748264353     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520610686300     Document Type: Article

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