LIBRARY RESOURCE AVAILABILITY IN SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS

摘要

Providing real time information on the availability of physical published works at a library available for check-out by patrons of the library. The method includes at a search engine service, receiving a search request from a user. The search request includes terms related to a published work. The method further includes receiving information from a library having a branch which patrons can physically visit and check out published works. The information includes information about the real time availability of the published work at the library. The method further includes identifying conventional Internet search results for the terms related to the published work. The method further includes providing to the user, in a common interface, conventional Internet search results together with the real time availability of the published work at the library branch where patrons can physically visit and check out the published work.

主权项

1. A method of providing real time information on the availability of physical published works at a library available for check-out by patrons of the library, the method comprising:
at a search engine service, receiving a search request from a user, the search request including terms related to a published work; receiving information from a library having a branch which patrons can physically visit and check out published works, including information about the real time availability of the published work at the library; identifying conventional Internet search results for the terms related to the published work; providing to the user, in a common interface, conventional Internet search results together with the real time availability of the published work at the library branch where patrons can physically visit and check out the published work.