Improving e-book access via a library-developed full-text search tool.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This paper reports on the development of a tool for searching the contents of licensed full-text electronic book (e-book) collections.

Setting

The Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) provides services to the University of Pittsburgh's medical programs and large academic health system.

Brief description

The HSLS has developed an innovative tool for federated searching of its e-book collections. Built using the XML-based Vivísimo development environment, the tool enables a user to perform a full-text search of over 2,500 titles from the library's seven most highly used e-book collections. From a single "Google-style" query, results are returned as an integrated set of links pointing directly to relevant sections of the full text. Results are also grouped into

SUBMITTER: Foust JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1773047 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature