selecting a search engine for a library web site

[Eleclibrn at aol.com]

We (Neal-Schuman Publishers) are, in fact, publishing just such a guide next
month.  Entitled _The Neal-Schuman Authoritative Guide to Web Search
Engines_, it's written by three librarians (Susan Maze, David Moxley, and
Donna J. Smith) who describe a model search engine robot and then objectively
compare the performance of seven search engines.  

The book is in press now and will come out in late July.  More details are
available on our Web site (http://www.neal-schuman.com; look under "Internet
Books").

Charles Harmon
Director, Acquisitions & Development
Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
3507 N. Reta Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657-1710

Phone: 773-929-3884     E-mail: ctharmon at aol.com
Fax:   773-929-3995




>Topic No. 10
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>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 10:11:53 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "Elizabeth L. Blakely" <blakely1 at jeflin.tju.edu>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
>Subject: selecting a search engine for a library web site
>Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.96.970602152423.18370B-100000 at jeflin.tju.edu>
>
>
>I am leading efforts to select a new engine for our organizations web
>site.  JEFFLINE [URL:jeffline.tju.edu] currently uses WAIS.  I have
>checked the Web4Lib archives and found little on selecting a search
>engine, most of the materials I found were evaluating search engines such
>as LYCOS, InfoSeek, etc.
>
>I have a found a few good articles via an online search but would
>appreciate any help (first-hand experience or good web or print resources.
>
>Thank you
>
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