Metasearch Authentication and Access Management
| Title: | Metasearch Authentication and Access Management (ID: CSD4474) | | Author(s): | Michael Teets (OCLC, Inc.) and Peter E. Murray (OhioLINK) | | Topics: | Federated Search, Information Access Management, Information Discovery and Retrieval, Library Standards, Open Standards, Search Engines | | Source: | D-Lib Magazine | | Origin: | Community Contributions (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | "Metasearch – also called parallel search, federated search, broadcast search, and cross-database search – has become commonplace in the information community's vocabulary. All speak to a common theme of searching and retrieving from multiple databases, sources, platforms, protocols, and vendors at the point of the user's request. Metasearch services rely on a variety of approaches including open standards (such as NISO's Z39.50 and SRU/SRW), proprietary programming interfaces, and "screen scraping." However, the absence of widely supported standards, best practices, and tools makes the metasearch environment less efficient for the metasearch provider, the content provider, and ultimately the end-user." | | View this resource: | |
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