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| Databases | 1 |
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| Robotics | 1 |
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Kimmel, Stacey – Database, 1996
Provides an overview of robots that retrieve World Wide Web documents and index data and then store it in a database. Nine robot-generated databases are described, including record content, services, search features, and sample search results; and sidebars discuss the controversy about Web robots and other resource discovery tools. (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval


