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AGent Search - Web services application enables searching across multiple, disparate, free and proprietary content sources simultaneously, while delivering aggregated results..

Central Search - Serials Solutions' product site..

CrossRef - Information on the reference linking service using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI)..

Deep Query Manager - Product information, from BrightPlanet..

ENCompass - Provides integrated access. News and information from Endeavor Information Systems..

Federated Search Engines and Link Resolvers - A weblog with progress reports, from the University of Pretoria..

FirstSearch - The OCLC WorldCat bibliographic database underpins FirstSearch and supports indexing and searching with Z39.50 compatibility across multiple databases and full-text sources..

Horizon Information Portal - SirsiDynix product page..

InfoTrac OneFile - A meta-search management system from Gale Group, with overview and tour..

Keystone Digital Library Suite - An Open Source Software system providing networked information discovery services, developed and distributed by Index Data..

Livelink Federated Query Server - Provides unified access to information repositories, news feeds, document management systems, intranets, and the Internet..

MetaLib - The Ex Libris library portal. Includes features list and other resources..

MetaSearch Solution - Information on gateway to library resources. [PDF].

MuseGlobal - Java-enabled, hub-based, metasearch engine by Peter and Kate Noerr. Demonstrations and background information..

WebFeat - Information on WebFeat Prism, news, and contact information..

ZPortal - Product information on the Z39.50 search engine from OCLC PICA..

Falling Down the Portal: Adventures in Federated Metasearch Technology at California State University Northridge - PowerPoint slide presentation. (October 1, 2005).

In Defense of Stupid Users - Article on federated search engines by Todd Miller, president of WebFeat. [Library Journal] (March 15, 2005).

Cross database searching: Information literacy for the 'real world'? - John Terrell, RMIT University Library, examines the process of cross database searching in the light of the Information Literacy Framework and supporting student development. [PDF] (July 7, 2004).

Federated Searching: Put It in Its Place - Proposes a new relationship between federated search engines and the library catalog. [Library Journal] (April 15, 2004).

Do We Want or Need Metasearching? - Short commentary on federated searching and its impact on information literacy. [Library Journal] (April 1, 2004).

Trumping Google? Metasearching's Promise - Discussion of federated searching models, with selected links. [Library Journal] (October 1, 2003).

The Truth About Federated Searching - Reviews five common misconceptions about federated searching services. [Information Today] (October, 2003).

List of Portal Application Functionalities for the Library of Congress - Requirements list for federated searching products, similar to a RFP (request for proposal) vendor format. From the Library of Congress Portals Applications Issues Group (LCPAIG). [PDF] (July 15, 2003).

The Right Solution: Federated Search Tools - Library Journal Digital column by Roy Tennant, providing an introduction to the benefits of federated searching. (June 15, 2003).