Prototypes for searching multiple databases
CHARGE 4
DEFINITIONS
Different Kinds of Prototypes:
Questions for Each Possible Prototype:
Three Partial Prototype Interfaces:
NESSTAR
Social Science Metadata
Discovering Resources Across Archives
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NESSTAR allows users to:
Three Search Screens
NESSTAR Project “Dream Machine” (Social scientists’ ideal data search & retrieval scenario)
AHDS: Arts and Humanities Data Service
The AHDS Resource Discovery Challenge
Searching the Databases
The AHDS Gateway:
AHDS: “Challenges to be Confronted”
CORC: Cooperative Online Resource Catalog
Authority Control in CORC
The Future of the CORC Project
Projects by the Getty Trust:
aka
aka System
aat Search results
aka Limitations
Books & Auction Catalogs Separate Authorities
Auction Catalog Record
Z39.50 Projects
FirstSearch
Pharos Project - CSU
Pharos: capabilities & future enhancements
Pharos Result Screen
SearchLight - UC project
Strengths of Z39.50 cross-database searching
Weaknesses of Z39.50 metasearching
Weaknesses of MetaSearching
Comments & Feedback
Home Page: http://library.csun.edu/prototype/index.html
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