Federated Search Falls Short

Stacey Knight-Davis; Sarah L. Johnson; Karen Whisler

Federated Search Falls Short

Stacey Knight-Davis, Sarah L. Johnson, Karen Whisler

Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University

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Abstract

After adopting a federated search product and featuring it prominently on the library's Web site in 2006, Booth Library greatly reduced the visibility of the product in 2008 due to poor performance and lower than expected use. This session provides evidence from actual practice on the use of federated searching.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Oct 9 2009
Event	Illinois Library Association Conference - Duration: Oct 9 2009 → …

Conference

Conference	Illinois Library Association Conference
Period	10/9/09 → …

Keywords

federated search tools
search strategies
WebFeat

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

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