The document summarizes the introduction of the Millennium Federated Search Platform at the University of South Africa (UNISA) library. It discusses how federated search allows users to simultaneously search across the library catalog and multiple licensed databases from a single interface. The Research Pro system was selected and implemented to provide this federated search capability. It is hosted by III and allows UNISA library users to search relevant resources based on their subject area from one search platform.

1. RANTLHA L.B. (MANTE) MILLENNIUM FEDERATED SEARCH PLATFORM : RESEARCH PRO AS A LEARNER & RESEARCH SUPPORT INITIATIVE AT UNISA

7. Federated searching This federated search system technology allows users of the libraries to search from different databases simultaneously and get relevant results at once

8. Federated Search Diagram By William H. Mischo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

13. STEP1

14. To access the research pro one needs to be authenticated by the system

15. Please identify yourself Authorization gives access to the Research Pro Page

16. Select a group of databases to search from (NB) relevant to the subject field. Do not exceed 14 databases Deductable taxes

17. It indicates the number of articles retrieved from each database