Addressing a Discovery Tool's Shortcomings with a Supplemental Health Sciences-Specific Federated Search Engine

Some discovery tools may not necessarily be the best resources for searching the health sciences literature. This is especially true when the discovery tool is not a vendor-neutral product or when it does not deep search full-text electronic resources. Therefore, supplementing a discovery tool with...

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Published inJournal of electronic resources in medical libraries Vol. 14; no. 3-4; pp. 101 - 113
Main Author Long, Bradley A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Comparison analysis
Deep Web Technologies medical searcher
discovery services
Discovery tools
ExLibris Primo
federated searching
Health sciences
Internet resources
medical schools
Search engines
university library services
usability testing
usage statistics
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Summary:Some discovery tools may not necessarily be the best resources for searching the health sciences literature. This is especially true when the discovery tool is not a vendor-neutral product or when it does not deep search full-text electronic resources. Therefore, supplementing a discovery tool with a health sciences-specific federated search engine could be a viable option. This is a review of one university's decision-making and implementation process for adding a health sciences-specific supplemental federated search engine. Included is a 30-month usage analysis of the federated search engine, along with website usability testing results.
ISSN:1542-4065
1542-4073
DOI:10.1080/15424065.2017.1368425