Integrated Discovery Platform

The Integrated Discovery Platform is a high-performance, open standards based federated search engine designed to search multiple metadata repositories and resources in a library including library catalogue, digital repository, digitized collections, commercial and open access online databases, etc.

Salient Features
  • Single search interface to all library resources
  • Faceted search results
  • Merging/de-duplication of search results
  • Sort by relevance, author, title or date
  • Quick, keyword and boolean search
  • Off-campus access of library resources
  • Built-in features for federated search
  • Support for iPhone, iPad and Android platforms
  • Affordable pricing with monthly billing option
  • ILS integration for item status
  • Mobile-friendly interface
IDP Overview
 
Protocol Support
  • Z39.50
  • SRU/SRW
  • Apache Solr
  • OAI-PMH
  • XML Gateway
Metadata Support
  • MARC21/USMARC
  • ISO 2709/MARCXML
  • Dublin Core
  • Custom XML Schema
Customization
  • Custom landing page
  • Mobile interface
  • Custom static pages
  • Multi-lingual support