Kakoli, Gogoi; Jyotika, Borthakur; Mukut, Sarmah(INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)
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Abstract:
Due to rapid growth of scholarly information, need of federated searching arises. The article describes
the concept of federated search and different federated search engines, features of the search engines
and search strategies of some of the federated search engines. It also highlights the advantages of
federated search along with its drawbacks. Various technologies used for federated searching have
been also discussed. This paper also tries to give the difference between popular search engines
and federated search engines.