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Aquabrowser: The Innovative Library Search Engine

Aquabrowser addresses issues like information overload and user interface complexity, providing rich, accessible content tailored for education with multilingual support and optimal selection tools. Integrates with various databases and portals.

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Aquabrowser: The Innovative Library Search Engine

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  1. Aquabrowser : a search engine for Libraries 15 september 2005

  2. Which problems do we encounter? • Increasing stream of information in digital form • The catalogue is no longer able to handle all types of information resources • Patrons get lost in the abundance of different user-interfaces • Search engines as Google are extremely popular (in spite of clumsiness) • To many students are “happy with a dead sparrow” (do not have a critical attitude towards ‘retrieved’ information)

  3. What do we need? • A search engine that is information rich • A search engine that is easily accessible like Google. • Selected content for educational purposes (domain and level) • Recognizable signs of origin for further searches • Multilingual accessibility • Optimal selection facilities

  4. Why AquaBrowser • The engine is related to the well known library catalogue • The inventors (Medialab) have a good feeling for the user needs and expectations • Aquabrowser is used in many public libraries

  5. Actual content in ABL • Library catalog • National catalog (PICARTA) • EBSCO-research databases (Academic Search PremierBusiness Source Elite, CINAHL, Sport Discus) • Newsportal (LexisNexis) • DAVINDI websites • Library portal (Intranet HH) • Thesaurus • NED/ENG dictionary

  6. Content to be added shortly • Annual reports • Cochrane Library • Factomediabase • Finance&Control Base • Keesings Historisch archief • LISA • Marketing Data • OJ Online Plus • Elsevier Science Direct • Sport Discus

  7. Look and Feel Aquabrowser Library • SearchPresenting search results, drop down box: relevance, title, author, subject, year • Discover (mind map) legenda: suggestions (white)history trail (red)spelling variations (bleu)translations (yellow)thesaurus (green) • Refine

  8. Refine, with following tools: • Subject (shows maximum of 5 terms) • Catalog (HHS-collection) • Types of materialsbookthesiswebsitee-journalserial • NewsLexisNexis magazinesLexisNexis news • External resources

  9. Haagse Hogeschool www.haagsehogeschool.nl Meer informatie: J. (Jan) Companjen J.Companjen@hhs.nl (+31 70 4557880) M. (Maike) Timisela M.Timisela@hhs.nl (+31 70 4457877)

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