Federated Search for Government Agencies Explorit Research Accelerator

Federated Search for Government Agencies Explorit Research Accelerator Focus Deep. Get Results. © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc.

About Deep Web Technologies. . . • Founded by Abe Lederman, a cofounder of Verity • Pioneered federated search technology • Over $3 M in Research and Development • Production applications since 1999 • Based in Santa Fe, NM, USA © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc.

Customers Include. . . • University of California, San Francisco • Stanford University • George Mason University • Scitopia. org • Department of Energy • Department of Defense • World. Wide. Science Alliance © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc.

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What is “Federated Search”? “Federated Search is an application or service that allows users to submit a real-time search in parallel to multiple, distributed information sources and retrieve aggregated, ranked and de-duplicated results. ” © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 5

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Federated vs. Unified Search Federated Search Unified Search Real-time search of multiple collections Multiple collections are indexed to one database Search can take up to 30 seconds to complete Search completes within 1 second New data is available instantly New data is available only after re-indexing Search any collection regardless of publisher Search only collections the index subscribes to © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 7

User Benefits of Federated Search ØOne-stop access to all your information sources – Users don’t need to know where/how to search – Saves researcher time and money – Improves utilization of information sources ØConsolidated, ranked and de-duped results – Important results are not missed © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 8

Features That Set Explorit Apart Ø Unlimited Collections Ø Quality Connectors and Results Ø User interface Ø Results delivery Ø Automatic alerts Ø Search Builder Ø Administrative Console It’s about Quality, not Quantity © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 9

Unlimited Collections ASTM International Biblioteca Virtual En Salud Bio. Med Central Search an unlimited number of resources tailored to your organization’s specific needs Cochrane BVS DOAJ EBSCO E-Libro IEEE Explore Legal. Publish MD Consult Compatible with various protocols including Z 39. 50 Open J-Gate Pro. Quest SCIELO Pub. Med Up. To. Date © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 10

Quality of Search Results Relevanceconnector retrieved data Thorough ranking of Instantly find relevant results with our five-star development ranking system. • Subscription Resources • Internal Databases • External Collections Relevant Information! Boolean and Fielded Searching We support Boolean searches, wildcards, stemming and fielded searches. © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 11

User Interface Integration with your library’s website Results display incrementally © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 12 “Intuitive” navigation

Results Delivery Results export to email and citation managers such as Ref. Works and End. Note Analysis tools such as filters and sorts Aggregated, ranked results Clustering or grouping of results by Source, Date, Topic, Author or other designated field © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 13

Automatic Alerts Search any or all collections Results are delivered to Alerts repeat queries. Your RSS/ATOM feed reader automatically forcan be set for a daily, weekly or monthly or e-mail inbox, and can frequency easily be emailed or downloaded © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 14

Search Builder Create search boxes and search pages easily Easily enable/disable your collections and search fields © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 15

Administrative Console View website statistics from one administrative console © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 16

Examples of Client Applications © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 17

Gracias! Questions? Please email us: Abe: abe@deepwebtech. com Deep Web Technologies Marie Louise: mlbore@itmsgroup. net Systems Link International © 2009 Deep Web Technologies, Inc. 18