The One-Box Challenge: Providing a Federated Search That Benefits the Research Process |
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| Authors: | John Boyd Marian Hampton Patricia Morrison Penny Pugh Frank Cervone |
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| Institution: | 1. Boyd is Reference and Instruction Librarian, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA boydjd@appstate.edu;2. Hampton is Coordinator of Library Instruction, Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA hamptonm@pitt.edu;3. Morrison is Off-Campus Resources Librarian, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA 92020, USA pat.morrison@gcccd.edu;4. Pugh is Head Reference Dept., Downtown Campus Library, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA ppugh@wvu.edu;5. Cervone is Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL 60208, USA f-cervone@northwestern.edu |
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| Abstract: | The one-box federated search of databases brings as many challenges as promises to database searching, especially in terms of adapting these systems to user needs and the effects this new mode of searching will have on users' research behaviors. This issue of “The Balance Point” presents several librarians with strong interests in reference and instruction, who tell the story of adapting a federated search system for their libraries and reflect upon how federated searching can change the way students do research and on the implications federated searching has on information literacy skills and the quality of results found. |
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