Multilingual Searching in Digital Archives: A Case Study of Mahatma Gandhi University On-line Theses Archive

Jasimudeen, S. and Maghesh Rajan, M. and Suresh Kumar, T V. Multilingual Searching in Digital Archives: A Case Study of Mahatma Gandhi University On-line Theses Archive., 2012 . In Conference on Computing Paradigms & Bio-informatics (CPBI- 2012), School of Computer Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, 17-18 January 2012. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

The Paper examines the multilingual search capabilities of Mahatma Gandhi University on-line theses archive using the first Digital Library solution with capabilities for information retrieval from full texts in Indian languages. The study finds that the multilingual search features of the Mahatma Gandhi University archive helps the user with more relevant hits than in any similar systems used in India.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	Digitization,Electronic Theses and Dissertations,Multilingual Searching, Malayalam, Hindi, local scripts, India
Subjects:	J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JG. Digitization. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JH. Digital preservation. L. Information technology and library technology
Depositing user:	Jasimudeen S Jasim
Date deposited:	10 Jul 2013 06:05
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:26
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19679

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UNESCO ETD Guide. Retrieved on 12 December 2011 from:http://etdguide.org/

Raman Nair, R. Mahatma Gandhi University Open Access Digital Library of PhD Theses: User Guide V4.0., Kottayam, Centre for Digital Archivinging (MGU), 2010 

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