WAIS: An Internet Tool for Full-Text Indexing.

Sturr, Natalie Oakes

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ERIC Number: EJ508680

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Publication Date: 1995

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WAIS: An Internet Tool for Full-Text Indexing.

Sturr, Natalie Oakes

Computers in Libraries, v15 n6 p52-54 Jun 1995

Describes libraries' use of the Internet to provide information on their local collections and explains how to provide searchable indexes through the use of WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) software. Highlights include Waisindex; file formats; Waissearch; and accessing WAIS indexes via a gopher, WAIS, or WWW (World Wide Web) server. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Indexing, Libraries, Library Collections, Online Searching

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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