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  2. Discovery system (bibliographic search) - Wikipedia

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    For example, you can search a journal article or a textbook directly in the discovery system and you do not have to change from a subject database to the library catalog. Intuitive usability, like a search engine. The search is basically only a simple form, an advanced search function is not always provided.

  3. List of academic databases and search engines - Wikipedia

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    The main academic full-text databases are open archives or link-resolution services, although others operate under different models such as mirroring or hybrid publishers. . Such services typically provide access to full text and full-text search, but also metadata about items for which no full text is availa

  4. WorldCat - Wikipedia

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    In a small percentage of libraries, [29] the local catalog is also run by OCLC using an integrated library system called WorldCat Discovery and WorldShare Management Services. [ 30 ] Library contributions to WorldCat are made via the Connexion computer program, [ 31 ] which was introduced in 2001; its predecessor, OCLC Passport, was phased out ...

  5. Online public access catalog - Wikipedia

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    Now accustomed to web search engines, newer generations of library users have grown increasingly dissatisfied with the complex (and often arcane) search mechanisms of older online catalog systems. This has, in turn, led to vocal criticisms of these systems within the library community itself, and in recent years to the development of newer ...

  6. Library catalog - Wikipedia

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    The card catalog at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library Another view of the SML card catalog The card catalog in Manchester Central Library Finding aids are utilized to assist information professionals and help researchers find materials within an archive [1] The Card Catalog at the Library of Congress. A library catalog (or library ...

  7. List of search engines - Wikipedia

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    Cross-platform open-source desktop search engine. Unmaintained since 2011-06-02 [9]. LGPL v2 [10] Terrier Search Engine: Linux, Mac OS X, Unix: Desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X (Tiger), Unix/Linux. MPL v1.1 [11] Tracker: Linux, Unix: Open-source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux GPL v2 [12] Tropes Zoom: Windows: Semantic Search Engine (no ...

  8. Library portal - Wikipedia

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    A library portal is an interface to access library resources and services through a single access and management point for users: for example, by combining the circulation and catalog functions of an integrated library system (ILS) with additional tools and facilities.

  9. Federated search - Wikipedia

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    Federated search portals, either commercial or open access, generally search public access bibliographic databases, public access Web-based library catalogues , Web-based search engines like Google and/or open-access, government-operated or corporate data collections. These individual information sources send back to the portal's interface a ...