Internet電子字典之整合(上) Integration of Dictionary Sources on the Internet

Abstract

無This study focuses on the integration and analysis of the collected electronic dictionaries distributed over the Gopher/WWW servers around the Internet. The Internet is a worldwide network carrying lots of valuable information. On the Internet, reference librarians are requested to familiarize with all manner of resources. Many Resource Discovery Systems have been developed to allow users to easily organize, browse and search information distributed throughout the Internet, like the Gopher and WWW, but being as a tool for library information services still has some quality problems. The 141 electronic dictionaries are collected around the Internet. It is, therefore, intended to help reference librarians and users as a tool of information quality gateway as well as of information quality/quantity filter for their effective information utilization.

Keywords

• Internet
• World wide web (WWW)
• Gopher
• Reference service
• Information service