...Fayaz Ahmad Loan; Umer Yousuf Parray; Aasif Mohammad Khan Purpose The purpose of the study is to examine how far search engines have succeeded in retrieving electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) using different search techniques and approaches. This study also compared the search results...

...Zoe Dickinson; Mike Smit Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges and benefits presented by search engine visibility for public libraries. This paper outlines the preliminary results of a pilot study investigating search engine visibility in two Canadian public libraries...

..., “Dublin Core: An obituary”, was meant to counterbalance the death motif first expressed in the titles of Tennant’s columns attacking MARC in Library Journal. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Information retrieval Libraries Search engines Dublin Core Metadata standards...

... The study adopted a questionnaire‐based survey. A structured questionnaire was administered to 500 users comprising faculty, research scholars, and postgraduate students of selected university libraries to collect data regarding the influence of web search engines on OPAC users. Findings The study...

... as they are not deleted, a record of all the different communications remains. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Libraries Education Communication technologies Computer software Search engines The need for group collaborative tools has become an issue of major importance during the past few...

... the primary tools developed to help searchers surf the Net easier, one can enumerate search engines, directories, gateways, webliographies, portals, vortals, etc. In this article, we will examine the webring as one of the oldest tools in the area of Internet pathways. Through an exploratory study...

...Benjamin P. Norris Purpose Aims to provide a comparison of a search results and relevancy ranking via Google Search, Google Scholar and InfoTrack Database. Design/methodology/approach A summary of the results from each search engine is compared. Findings This article provides an brief...

...Jasper Kaizer; Anthony Hodge Purpose To describe a new online library catalog browser and interface AquaBrowser, developed specifically to enhance the experience of the library patron. Design/methodology/approach A summary of the main features of the AquaBrowser search engine. Findings...

...Gerry McKiernan Purpose To provide a summary of the main features of a science‐specific search engine. Design/methodology/approach A brief description of the features of Scirus. Findings Scirus is a comprehensive science‐specific search engine on the internet with more than 167 million...

...Colby Riggs Purpose To provide a summary of the main features of some new web technologies. Design/methodology/approach Reviews, contextualizes and provides a summary of new web technologies. Findings The new web technologies include a new reference search engine Answers.com, and two web...