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Automated Assistance in the Formulation of Search Statements for Bibliographic Databases.

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Oakes, Michael P.; Taylor, Malcolm J. – Information Processing & Management, 1998

Reports on the design of an automated query system to help pharmacologists access the Derwent Drug File (DDF). Topics include knowledge types; knowledge representation; role of the search intermediary; vocabulary selection, thesaurus, and user input in natural language; browsing; evaluation methods; and search statement generation for the World…

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Evaluation Methods, Knowledge Representation

Multilingual Federated Searching Across Heterogeneous Collections.

Powell, James; Fox, Edward A. – D-Lib Magazine, 1998

Describes a scalable system for searching heterogeneous multilingual collections on the World Wide Web. Details Searchable Database Markup Language (SearchDB-ML) for describing the characteristics of a search engine and its interface, and a protocol for requesting word translations between languages. (Author)

Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Information Seeking