[Web4lib] Best way to search a pdf

[Ian Chan]

Hi,

We recently bought a copy of SiteXpert and it includes a site search
generator.  http://www.xtreeme.com/search-engine-studio/website-search.php
provides more information.  It indexes the full-text of PDF documents.  The
program allows automation of output.  Our setup uses the Windows task
scheduler on a local machine to save the flat files directly to the web
server on a daily basis.  You can test it on our site by searching for
"Articles on your topic" from this page:
http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/site5/site/index/

I've heard good things about http://swish-e.org/.  It will also index PDF
documents.


Regards,

---------------------------------------------------------
Ian Chan
Assistant Professor
Web Services Librarian
http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/about/departments/ichan/
University of Alaska Anchorage 
907.786.1835



-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Devine
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:03 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Best way to search a pdf

I want to have a search engine on our web site search through pdf files
looking for keywords and such, which engines have people used and to what
level of success have they been used?  If you have online examples that
would also be helpful.

Thank you very much,
Kevin Devine
Euclid Public Library
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