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Is Universal Access Really What We Want? |
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Mary S. Woodley |
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California State University, Northridge |
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Internet Librarian Nov. 6 2000 |
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Rev. 11/12/00 |
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A Gateway that allows the user to search
seamlessly multiple information resources simultaneously with a single
search query |
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A single search interface that can access all
information available in any standard format: MARC, EAD, TEI, GILS, DC;
and, present the results in a useable format |
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Beyond the traditional OPAC holdings |
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Entire Universe of Knowledge? |
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Resources that the library or institution has
paid for and what is free on the Web and can be captured by search engines |
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OPAC serves as a portal to the Universe of
Information or |
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Portal to the Information Universe of which
library OPACs are a subset |
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Circumvents 2 of the primary problems facing
patrons: |
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Which database(s) are the most appropriate to
use |
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Finding specific databases either in long A-Z
lists or buried in menu lists |
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Re-enforces the sense of interdisciplinary
research |
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Compensates for lack of knowledge of search
strategies or controlled vocabularies for individual databases |
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Information world at one’s finger tips: all the
relevant results with one search |
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Number of hits is a good indication of the value
of the database |
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Patrons will understand how to group/select
databases |
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Valuable first-step in the research process |
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Domain or community specific fields and
controlled vocabulary |
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How servers interpret queries |
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Limitations of mappings |
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Granularity |
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Books in Union catalogs & Chapters in books |
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Journals & articles in journals |
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Full-text resources |
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Websites |
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SearchLight UC |
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Pharos CSU |
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Z39.50: |
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ISO 23950 and ANSI/NISO Z39.50 standard
information retrieval protocol, a client/server-based protocol for
searching and retrieving information from remote databases. |
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Notes