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Internet Resources Discovery (IRD)

FDL Examples

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Exemplary Digital Libraries

• Stand Alone DL (SDL)• Library of Congress (LC) and its National Digital Library(NDL)

• Internet Public Library (IPL)

• Snunit

• Federated DL (FDL)• Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)

• Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

• Harvested DL (HDL)• SourceBank (http://www.sourcebank.com/)

• Harvest/Katsir

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Federated DL (FDL)

• Networked Computer ScienceTechnical Reference Library(NCSTRL)

• Online Computer Library Center(OCLC)

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• International Collection of Computer Science Research Reports and Papers.

• Uses the Dienst Protocol and Implementation for Distributed DL Servers.

• Unified Seamless Interface through the WATERS system that Links Distributed FTP Report Repositories via a Centralized Index.

Networked CS Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)

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Networked CS Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)

http://www.ncstrl.org

Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)

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Networked CS Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)

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Networked CS Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)

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World's largest library information network:• WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog)

• OCLC system (cataloging, lists, loans, etc.)

• OCLC FirstSearch® (search service over 70 databases)

• OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online™ (access service to large collections of journals through the Web)

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

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Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

http://www.oclc.org/

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Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

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OCLC Cataloging Services

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OCLC FirstSearch