Information Retrieval System for Japanese Bibliographic Data based on Z39.50 protocol

Abstract

　This paper reports an information retrieval system for Japanese bibliographic data based on Z39.50 protocol. The system consists of a client which can access to any other Z39.50 servers, and of a server which provides Japan/MARC data to any other Z39.50 clients. The server facilitates AND/OR operation between results-sets as well as basic retrieval such as AND, OR, and truncations. The client has a connection window which displays 15 servers, and a retrieval one which displays number of results and data of ones.