Transcript Saving Time with Federated Search

Saving Time with
Federated Search
Abe Lederman, President, Deep Web Technologies
Terry Colby, Director of Sales, Deep Web Technologies
Websearch University, September 22, 2008
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.
In Other Words…
One Search, Many Sources
Begin Search
Subscription
Sources
News
E-Books
Public Web
Sources
Peer
Reviewed
Papers
Blogs &
Wikis
Taking Advantage of
Federated Search
Know the techniques
that can save you
time and know
when to use them!
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.
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.
Automatic alerts notify
you by email or RSS
when new results are
available on your
requested search term.
Free, Publicly Available
Federated Search Engines
Science
Science.gov
Scitopia.org
WorldWideScience.org
Nutrition
Nutrition.gov
Free, Publicly Available
Federated Search Engines (Cont.)
Military
DTIC Multisearch
Business
BIZNAR.com
Please stop by our table for a
demonstration of BIZNAR.com
Abe Lederman
[email protected]
Terry Colby
[email protected]