[WEB4LIB] Creating EbscoHost Sngle Search Box

[David P. Moore]

Mike, See:

http://www.maryville.edu/library/  

According to the systems librarian there (Melissa Belvadi), they used the
&defaultdb=... method with a bit of javascript to create a free metasearch
box of their own.

David P. Moore
Electronic Resources/Business Librarian
M. Louis Salmon Library
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL 35899
256-824-6285
FAX: 256-824-6083
david.moore at uah.edu
http://www.uah.edu/library

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Cobb, Mike A.
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:22 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Creating EbscoHost Sngle Search Box

Greetings All,

Has anyone created a single search box or a federated search box for
EbscoHost databases?  I'd like to offer either a way to search Ebsco's
ASP without having to go into the database itself, something akin to
what Google offers with the search box you can add to your homepages.

Thank you for any help.

Mike Cobb
APG Library
Liberty University
mikecobb at liberty.edu