A federated search source is a collection of settings that connect to a search provider that offers titles from a group of sources, and define how to interpret the data that is returned from a federated search source. (For example, you might have a federated search source that connects to EBSCO, a third-party content provider.) A search source may have one or more search targets associated with it. Search targets define the how to interpret the data that is returned from a federated search source. You can add, edit, or delete a federated search source or its associated search targets. Once you have set up your federated search sources and targets, you can assign search targets to specific search profiles. Patrons can then perform searches against the those search targets when they access that search profile.
This section explains these topics:
| • | Adding or editing a federated search source |
| • | Managing search targets for a federated search source |
| • | Deleting a federated search source |
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