Cross-Searching Subject Gateways: The Query Routing and Forward Knowledge Approach.

Kirriemuir, John; Brickley, Dan; Welsh, Susan; Knight, Jon; Hamilton, Martin

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ERIC Number: EJ561540

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Publication Date: 1998

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Cross-Searching Subject Gateways: The Query Routing and Forward Knowledge Approach.

Kirriemuir, John; Brickley, Dan; Welsh, Susan; Knight, Jon; Hamilton, Martin

D-Lib Magazine, p1-15 Jan 1998

Describes characteristics of subject gateways on the Web (i.e., facilities allowing easier access to network-based resources in a defined subject area) and compares them to search engines (e.g., AltaVista). The application of WHOIS++, centroids, query routing, and forward knowledge to searching several gateways simultaneously is outlined, and issues facing gateway development are examined. (45 references) (Author/MES)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Gateway Systems, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Services, Information Sources, Internet, Search Strategies, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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