|
...www.hsls.pitt.edu
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
The offers access to more than 300 health and biomedical titles in ebook form. Federated search allows for the consolidation of these resources, but most solutions don't excel at drilling down to find specific answers to specific questions--a must for HSLS's mostly clinical clientele--and they often fail to compensate for the amorphous nature of medical terminology, which consists of a host of terms with varying meanings depending on the context. The challenge was to ensure that the best information could be found quickly and easily.
VENDOR OF CHOICE: VIVISIMO, INC.
Vivisimo offered the company a new way to facilitate effective searching through the use of its proprietary Clustering Engine, which organizes search results into a series of folders, enabling users to start with simple search queries and then drill down through these clusters to obtain the best information available. With Vivisimo Content Integrator, a search can be performed across multiple content sources; Vivisimo Velocity packages these two technologies into one product, www.vivisimo.com
THE PROBLEM IN DEPTH
In the realm of academic libraries, federated search has already established its usefulness in consolidating disparate resources in the pursuit of forming a...
NOTE: All illustrations and photos
have been removed from this article.
More articles from EContent
The flip side of free.(after thought), October 01, 2005
Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.
Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication
name or publication date.
About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company
analysis or best practices in managing your organization,
Goliath can help you meet your business needs.
Our extensive business information databases empower business
professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible,
authoritative information they need to support their business
goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting,
company research or defining management best practices -
Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.
|
