Building custom metasearch interfaces and services using the metalib X-Server

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 325-339

  Walker, David ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

API; Metasearch; Usability; Web services; XML

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948814088     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J136v12n03_06     Document Type: Article

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