<s>
Multisearch	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multitasking	B-Operating_System
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
which	O
includes	O
both	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
metasearch	B-Application
engine	I-Application
characteristics	O
with	O
additional	O
capability	O
of	O
retrieval	O
of	O
search	O
result	O
sets	O
that	O
were	O
previously	O
classified	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
gather	O
results	O
from	O
its	O
own	O
search	B-Application
index	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
from	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
,	O
metasearch	B-Application
engines	I-Application
,	O
databases	O
or	O
any	O
such	O
kind	O
of	O
information	B-Library
retrieval	I-Library
(	O
IR	O
)	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multisearch	B-Application
is	O
an	O
emerging	O
feature	O
of	O
automated	O
search	O
and	O
information	B-Library
retrieval	I-Library
systems	I-Library
which	O
combines	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
computer	O
search	O
programs	O
with	O
results	O
classification	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
human	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multisearch	B-Application
is	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
multiple	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
with	O
a	O
flexibility	O
not	O
seen	O
in	O
traditional	O
metasearch	B-Application
engines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
the	O
end	O
user	O
,	O
a	O
multisearch	B-Application
may	O
appear	O
to	O
be	O
just	O
a	O
customizable	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
its	O
behind-the-scenes	O
technology	O
enables	O
it	O
to	O
put	O
a	O
face	O
to	O
the	O
search	O
process	O
and	O
to	O
retrieve	O
and	O
display	O
also	O
a	O
results	B-Application
set	I-Application
which	O
has	O
been	O
classified	O
by	O
a	O
human	O
during	O
a	O
multisearch	B-Application
session	O
and	O
automatically	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
documents	O
index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
additional	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
many	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
and	O
metasearch	B-Application
engines	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
basic	O
idea	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
:	O
reducing	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
required	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
resources	O
by	O
improvement	O
of	O
the	O
accuracy	O
and	O
relevance	O
of	O
individual	O
searches	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
