What Happened to 360 Search?

360 Search has been replaced by the new search engine, SearchWiSE. Both are designed to search multiple resources and return results in one interface. Because 360 Search works by searching outside databases and pulling the information in,  it was sometimes slow and a little clunky. SearchWiSE is basically the next generation of searching – all of the information, from books to title level indexing of online journals, is  housed and searched in one place. So now when you conduct a search, you will uncover much of what is unique to FAU Libraries, and your results will be returned quickly in one intuitive interface.

What is SearchWiSE?

SearchWise uses a single search box — that helps you discover information in all formats from the Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ collections — including print and electronic books, journals and newspapers, videos, CDs, and digitized collections.  All of these formats are integrated into a single results list.  You see what you want, click through to the full text if available or, in the case of physical materials, find its location in the library.

To put it simply, SearchWiSE does for libraries what Google does for the Web.  SearchWise is powered by the Summon™ service which works by pre-indexing content, allowing instant and true relevancy-ranked results.

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