[WEB4LIB] meta-search engines for library databases?

[Avi Rappoport]

At 2:01 PM -0700 9/25/2000, Jian Liu wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>Over the years, libraries have collected/licenced/purchased hundreds of
>datbases, all with a different interface and search syntax.
>
>Has anyone developed an interface similiar to meta-search engines that
>can search groups of these databases simultaneously?

I believe that was one of the goals of Z39.50.   The standard is at 
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/>, an overview is at 
<http://www.cqs.washington.edu/~camel/z/z.html>
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