Development of an intelligent Web interface to online library catalog databases

Author

Poo, Danny C C ; Toh, Teck Kang ; Khoo, Christopher S G ; Hong, Glenn

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

71

Abstract

An expert system Web interface to online catalogs called E-Referencer is being developed to help users search library catalogs on the Internet more effectively. An initial prototype has been implemented. The interface encapsulates some of the knowledge and searching expertise of experienced librarians. It has a repertoire of initial search strategies and reformulation strategies that it selects and implements to help users retrieve relevant records. It uses the Z39.50 protocol to access library systems on the Internet. The paper describes the design of E-Referencer, and the development of search strategies to be used by the interface

Keywords

bibliographic systems; cataloguing; information resources; information retrieval; knowledge based systems; library automation; online front-ends; E-Referencer; Internet; Z39.50 protocol; experienced librarians; expert system Web interface; intelligent Web interface; library systems access; online library catalog databases; reformulation strategies; search strategies; searching expertise; Access protocols; Books; Deductive databases; Expert systems; Information retrieval; Information systems; Internet; Prototypes; Software libraries; Uniform resource locators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Conference, 1999. (APSEC '99) Proceedings. Sixth Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Takamatsu

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0509-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APSEC.1999.809585

Filename

809585