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Comparison of two approaches to building a vertical search tool: a case study in the nanotechnology domain

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JCDL '02: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries

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https://doi.org/10.1145/544220.544246

Published: 14 July 2002 Publication History

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As the Web has been growing exponentially, it has become increasingly difficult to search for desired information. In recent years, many domain-specific (vertical) search tools have been developed to serve the information needs of specific fields. This paper describes two approaches to building a domain-specific search tool. We report our experience in building two different tools in the nanotechnology domain -- (1) a server-side search engine, and (2) a client-side search agent. The designs of the two search systems are presented and discussed, and their strengths and weaknesses are compared. Some future research directions are also discussed.

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Comparison of two approaches to building a vertical search tool: a case study in the nanotechnology domain
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Digital libraries and archives
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Information retrieval query processing
    2. Retrieval tasks and goals
  2. Information systems applications
    1. Data mining
      1. Clustering
    2. Digital libraries and archives

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