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ERIC Number: EJ557241
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0737-8831
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ESS: The Library of Congress Experimental Search System.
Wilder, Dean; Greenfield, Rich
Library Hi Tech, v15 n3-4 p127-35 1997
Describes the Library of Congress's Experimental Search System (ESS), a Web-based online public access catalog that introduced new search methods to replace Boolean searching as well as powerful navigational aids for browsing and cross-linking. Discusses problems, ESS user comments, acceptance by Library of Congress staff, and future possibilities. (LRW)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Library Personnel, Navigation (Information Systems), Online Catalogs, Search Strategies, User Satisfaction (Information), World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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