Federated Search: An Information Retrieval Strategy for Scholarly Literature

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.