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Saving Time with Federated Search

Learn about federated search, an application that allows users to search multiple sources simultaneously and retrieve aggregated, ranked, and de-duplicated results. Discover techniques to save time and maximize your search efforts.

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Saving Time with Federated Search

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  1. Saving Time with Federated Search Abe Lederman, President, Deep Web Technologies Terry Colby, Director of Sales, Deep Web Technologies Websearch University, September 22, 2008

  2. What is Federated Search? Federated Search is an application or service that allows a user to submit a search in parallel to multiple, distributed information sources and retrieve aggregated, ranked and de-duped results.

  3. In Other Words…One Search, Many Sources Begin Search Subscription Sources News Blogs & Wikis E-Books Peer Reviewed Papers Public Web Sources

  4. Taking Advantage of Federated Search Know the techniques that can save you time and know when to use them!

  5. Advanced search fields allow you to narrow down your search for more relevant results. Choose your sources if you know where relevant information may reside.

  6. Refine Search will search within the results retrieved to narrow your search. Sorting makes sifting through results easier. Clustering allows you to “drill down” into different topics related to your search.

  7. Automatic alerts notify you by email or RSS when new results are available on your requested search term.

  8. Free, Publicly AvailableFederated Search Engines Science Science.gov Scitopia.org WorldWideScience.org Nutrition Nutrition.gov

  9. Free, Publicly AvailableFederated Search Engines (Cont.) Military DTIC Multisearch Business BIZNAR.com

  10. Please stop by our table for a demonstration of BIZNAR.com Abe Lederman abe@deepwebtech.com Terry Colby terry@deepwebtech.com

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