Challenges for federated searching

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 357-368

  Webster, Peter ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross search; E content environment; E journals; Electronic content environment; Federated search; Metasearch

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948892909     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J136v12n03_08     Document Type: Article

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