Aiming at Quality and Coverage Combined: Blending Physical and Virtual Union Catalogues.

Gatenby, Janifer

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ERIC Number: EJ664836

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Publication Date: 2002

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Aiming at Quality and Coverage Combined: Blending Physical and Virtual Union Catalogues.

Gatenby, Janifer

Online Information Review, v26 n5 p326-34 2002

Discusses the deficiencies of search engines and the importance of metadata and examines three models of metadata retrieval: distributed; distributed data with a centralized index; and centralized union catalog. Highlights include the Z39.50 protocol; the OAI (Open Archives Initiative) protocol; virtual union catalogs; and a pan-European model. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metadata, Models, Search Engines, Union Catalogs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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