TY  - JOUR
AB  - A number of digital libraries have been set up in the course of various research and development activities in different parts of the world during the last few years. How do these digital libraries fair in terms of information retrieval features? This paper looks into this question by reviewing the information retrieval features of 20 digital libraries chosen from around the globe. The first part of the paper briefly describes the features of the chosen digital libraries in terms of their nature and content. The second part looks into the information retrieval features of each digital library. Unique features of some digital libraries have been indicated. Major areas of research that would improve the information retrieval features of the future digital libraries have been indicated.
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SN  - 0033-0337
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000006935
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006935
AU  - Chowdhury G.G.
AU  - Chowdhury Sudatta
PY  - 2000
Y1  - 2000/01/01
TI  - An overview of the information retrieval features of twenty digital libraries
T2  - Program
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 341
EP  - 373
Y2  - 2024/05/14
ER  -