Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries

Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries

Sangeeta N. Dhamdhere, Ramdas Lihitkar
ISBN13: 9781799824633|ISBN10: 1799824632|EISBN13: 9781799824640
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch033
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Dhamdhere, Sangeeta N., and Ramdas Lihitkar. "Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries." Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 550-565. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch033

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Dhamdhere, S. N. & Lihitkar, R. (2020). Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 550-565). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch033

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Dhamdhere, Sangeeta N., and Ramdas Lihitkar. "Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries." In Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 550-565. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch033

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Abstract

A library portal is single-user interface for accessing a wide variety of electronic resources, both within and outside the library. A few federated search engines like EBSCO Discovery service, Summon (web scale discovery service), Knimbus, Mendeley, FedGate, ABCD open source software, Google CSE etc. are being used by libraries to give access to all subscribed or free online e-resources as well as library catalogues, archives' and other reading materials in the library to save the time of readers and give easy access to multiple databases and resources through federated search tool. In distance learning and online education environment libraries need to provide the right information on a single platform to its users from all resources or databases available in the library in a minimum of time. In this chapter the author discusses about the selected commercial as well as open source discovery tools used in Indian Libraries.

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