Thursday, September 08, 2005

Evaluation of Federated Search Engines & Link Resolvers

We conducted an independent comparative evaluation of Federated Search Engines & Link Resolvers from the literature, e-mails received and the response from vendors. For more information on the evaluation, contact us.

Note: The criteria used is based on the criteria developed by Domer, D.G. & Curtis, A. (2003). A comparative review of common user interface software products for libraries: report commissioned by the National Library of New Zealand.

Where needed it has been adapted for our purposes. View permission to use criteria within document.

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