Incorporating a virtual union catalogue into the wider information environment through the application of middleware Interoperability issues in cross‐database access

To explore the use of middleware to provide access to a virtual catalogue via Z39.50, allowing its integration with other services. To consider issues arising from the cross-database search process and the problem of interoperability between systems. Middleware was used to establish a Z39.50 server...

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Published in:	Journal of documentation Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 120 - 144
Main Authors:	Cousins, Shirley, Sanders, Ashley
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bradford Emerald 01.01.2006 Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects:	Academic Libraries Access Benchmarks Catalogues Data base management systems Exact sciences and technology Information and communication sciences Information industry Information processing and retrieval Information retrieval. Man machine relationship Information science. Documentation Integrated care Integrated systems Interoperability Keywords Library catalogs Middleware Multiple database searches National libraries Online information services Online union catalogues Queries Reaction time Research process. Evaluation Sciences and techniques of general use Search strategies Semantic relations Semantics Servers Services Test Results Transformation Value Virtual reality Z3950 protocol United Kingdom Europe Union catalog Project Databases Z39.50 Transmission protocol Database Information retrieval Middleware Information searches Interoperability Standards Automated catalog
ISSN:	0022-0418, 1758-7379
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