SIRSI SingleSearch

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Last updated: Dec 07, 2010 by Former user (Deleted)Version comment
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SingleSearch is a metasearch product from SirsiDynix and MuseGlobal.

The Web2 Bridge (an XML front end) supports programatic interaction with SingleSearch; it's available as an add-on (extra cost?) from MuseGlobal.

Much like MetaLib, SingleSearch is a metasearch engine that allows users to:

  • specify sets of sources (databases) in which electronic resources, such as e-journal articles, are kept
  • search across various different databases with a single query
  • view the results of their query
  • view citation and, perhaps, abstract, information for individual results

Personal comments on SFX (or OpenURL) support from Steve Smail:

SFX functionality is not closely coupled with SingleSearch. SingleSearch employs a suite of database connectors to glean information from search results - an individual connector understands how to query and interpret the response from one database or aggregator. Experience at IU suggests that some connectors don't provide enough metadata on the search results to create a useful SFX/OpenURL query. We've asked SirSiDynix/Muse to do additional work on several existing connectors to provide additional information; some of this work was done at extra cost to IU.