MetaLib
MetaLib is an information portal to library
collections. It enables institutions to provide their patrons with
access to information resources such as catalogs, reference databases,
citation databases, subject gateways, and e-journals. MetaLib offers
MetaSearch™ capabilities across diverse resources- be they print or
electronic, on-site or remote- and offers library patrons a variety of
personalized services.
The MetaSearch technology enables users to conduct
federated searching- also known as simultaneous searching,
cross-database searching, parallel searching, broadcast searching, and
integrated searching. In this type of search process, a user submits a
query to numerous information resources. They can be heterogeneous in
many respects- for example, their location, the format of the
information that they offer, the technologies on which they draw, and
the types of materials that they contain. The user's query is broadcast
to each resource, and results are returned to the user.
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