Metasearch tools for desktop search

Paul Daniel Thomas, David Hawking

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    Abstract

    Desktop search, as commonly implemented, is not capable of searching many of the web sites and other sources people use day-to-day. A metasearch model, incorporating desktop search tools and others into a single box, offers a potential solution. We describe this model and introduce PERS, a library for building desktop metasearch software
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2010)
    EditorsConference Program Committee
    Place of PublicationNew York
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery Inc (ACM)
    Pages1-2
    EditionPeer Reviewed
    ISBN (Print)9781450301534
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    EventInternational ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2010) - Geneva Switzerland
    Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2010)
    Period1/01/10 → …
    OtherJuly 19 2010

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