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ERIC Number: EJ515109
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8231
Automated Retrieval from Multiple Disparate Information Sources: The World Wide Web and the NLM's Sourcerer Project.
Rodgers, R. P. Channing
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v46 n10 p755-64 Dec 1995
Describes the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) experimental Sourcerer project which is developing software to accept a user query, automatically identifying appropriate information resources, and facilitating connection to those sources for information retrieval. Discusses the use of the World Wide Web and the Unified Medical Language System. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Online Systems, Thesauri, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Library of Medicine; World Wide Web