Library to Launch "Federated Search"

The SCC Library is working hard to make student research easier. One of the most exciting developments in this area in years is the upcoming launch of "Federated Search" for the Library's information resources. The SCC Library is contracting with Seattle-based Serials Solutions to bring this powerful new tool to you.

Federated Search will make finding the information you need much, much easier. Currently, if you are looking for information on a particular topic you need to use many different tools to find various types of information resources. For instance, to find books you would use the Library Catalog, and if you wanted to find electronic journal articles, you would use one or more of the many Research Databases to which the library subscribes. All in all you might perform similar searches in many, many different places in order to get enough information for your project.

Federated Search simplifies the process by doing a lot of the legwork for you. All you need to do is perform your search in one simple interface and the Federated Search tool will look in all the different places for you. Your search will be run against the library's physical holdings like books, CDs, and DVDs, and also against the databases to which we subscribe. So your results from this one single search will be much more comprehensive, and you'll only have to conduct the search once!

The Library is very excited to bring this new tool to the students, faculty, and staff of the SCC community. Look for the Federated Search tool to go "live" sometime early in the fall quarter.

Should you have any questions about the upcoming Federated Search tool, please drop us a line with your comments.