Contact DA Library Technologies for more information on Federated Search Engine products or WebFeat
WebFeat 3 search portal raises the standard of federated searching, with a suite of powerful products designed to meet all research needs, from the casual novice to the discriminating professional
WebFeat builds and maintains your WebFeat system. Your WebFeat system is hosted at no additional charge! WebFeat transparently monitors your system and database translators and upgrades them as needed.
WebFeat, the original federated search engine is used by over 5,000 leading public, academic, government and Global 1000 libraries and information centres, including over half of the top 20 largest U.S. public libraries and one out of every 10 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. WebFeat now brings you WebFeat 3, the next frontier in federated search technology. WebFeat 3 provides users a suite of powerful products with remarkable features and a common user interface.
– searches all of your library’s databases simultaneously, from a single intuitive interface. WebFeat can search any database, including subscription databases, free databases, catalogues, Z39.50, Telnet, proprietary databases – anything!
PRISM transparently manages all licensed database authentication methods for searches, search results, and full records – users never need to re-authenticate.
True native results – PRISM presents full text results within their true native interfaces. All native operations are fully functional, enabling the user to email, print, or refine searches from within the native interface.
Customisation – the remarkable WebFeat user interface can be custom designed and seamlessly integrated into your library's own web pages.
- WebFeat’s exciting next-generation COUNTER-compliant usage tracker, SMART, reports a wealth of information about database usage in your library. Track a variety of key metrics, including the number of searches and full text requests, most-requested search terms, and searches by library, branch, or department. SMART even tracks native usage!
- empowers users with the ability to manage their own WebFeat search environment. Users can configure favorite database menus, build alerts, save searches, even customise the look and feel!
WebFeat 3 Features
- WebFeat 3 includes the standard complement of WebFeat features, including custom user interfaces designed by libraries for their users, no-hassle WebFeat-hosting with 24x7 monitoring and maintenance, and, of-course, 100%compatibility with all of your library’s databases.
- Dynamic results – change results on-the-fly, from merge-sort-de-dupe to grouped by resource. Sort results by a variety of options, including relevancy, date, title, author, and publisher. WebFeat’s innovative new results Shuffle option even takes advantage of content providers’ own powerful relevancy options.
- ProCite®, EndNote® and RefWorks® compatibility – now you can save WebFeat results in a variety of formats, even export to bibliographic management packages like ProCite, EndNote and RefWorks!
- Alerts – stay current on your favorite subjects with WebFeat Alerts! Save your searches and set the frequency of your updates. WebFeat automatically sends email alerts to the addresses you choose.
- OpenURL – WebFeat is now compatible with all major OpenURL link resolvers! OpenURL links may actually be embedded within WebFeat results citations, enabling users to easily find e-articles with a mouse click.
- Thesaurus – WebFeat transparently searches pre-selected thesauri, suggesting alternate search terms, which can be executed with a mouse-click. Thesauri choices include Library of Congress and MeSH.
Contact DA Library Technologies for more information on Federated Search Engines or WebFeat
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