[WEB4LIB] Re: cross-database search

[gary]

I've been a fan and admirer of Muse (the company is based in Salt Lake City as is 
actually called Muse Global) for quite some time. 

In often feature it in my presentations. As a matter of fact, I mentioned Muse 
during two of my Internet Librarian sessions. 

Unlike similar products it's not Z39.50 based and it merges results from 
disparate sources into a single scrollable list using relevancy and/or other 
criteria. It also dedupes results. This takes the burden off of the user to 
deciding which source is the best after they run a search. 

Muse also offers a feature that allows searches to be saved and rerun 
automatically with new results delivered to the searcher via email. 

The company was founded and currently led by Peter Noerr. Peter is well-known in 
library automation circles. 

cheers,
gary



Quoting Amos Lakos <aalakos at library.ucla.edu>:

> At the last Internet Librarians Conference I was introduced to MUSE -
> among their products, which look impressive to me - they have something
> called - MUSESearch which is supposed to be able to combine
> searching across unlimited numbers and types of information sources.
> 
> Check them out at  www.museglobal.com
> 
> I wonder if any of you have informed opinions about MUSE.
> 
> Amos
> 
> At 02:56 PM 11/14/02 -0800, Roy Tennant wrote:
> >A bit over a year ago, I wrote a "Digital Libraries" column on this in
> >Library Journal (see
> >http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/
> >index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA170458 ). In it, I pointed to
> >the Web4Lib message in which I posted a summary of responses I had
> >received to a similar query (see
> >http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0109/0021.html ). Since I
> >asked my question well over a year ago, and the market is in a good
> >deal of ferment now, it may be time to do another survey of what
> >options exist, and what libraries are implementing. My own institution
> >(the California Digital Library) is looking into commercial options and
> >whether they are good enough to take the place of our in-house system,
> >Searchlight (referenced in the aforementioned article and Web4Lib
> >message). If there is anything that can be shared from that
> >investigation, I'll send it along as well.
> >Roy
> >
> >On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 02:27  PM, Nancy Sosna Bohm wrote:
> >
> > > I thought there was a discussion on this list about a product that
> > > would
> > > search multiple databases. I can't find anything like that in the
> > > Web4Lib
> > > Archives.
> > > Does anyone have any info on such a product?
> > > Several years ago UMI/Proquest/Electric Library marketed a product
> > > that
> > > would at least allow users to do a simultaneous subject search in
> > > Proquest's database, the library's catalog, and the Internet.
> > > I can't even seem to come up with the right key terms to research this.
> > > Any suggestions? Or am I dreaming?
> > > TIA,
> > > Nancy
> > >
> > >
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> Amos A. Lakos
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