Automated Retrieval from Multiple Disparate Information Sources: The World Wide Web and the NLM's Sourcerer Project.

Rodgers, R. P. Channing

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Publication Date: 1995

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Automated Retrieval from Multiple Disparate Information Sources: The World Wide Web and the NLM's Sourcerer Project.

Rodgers, R. P. Channing

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v46 n10 p755-64 Dec 1995

Describes the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) experimental Sourcerer project which is developing software to accept a user query, automatically identifying appropriate information resources, and facilitating connection to those sources for information retrieval. Discusses the use of the World Wide Web and the Unified Medical Language System. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Online Systems, Thesauri, User Needs (Information)

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Language: English

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