iDiscover
E7690
iDiscover is the online search and discovery platform used to access Cambridge University’s library collections, including books, journals, and electronic resources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| iDiscover canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T97236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: iDiscover Context triple: [Cambridge University Library, hasCatalogueName, iDiscover]
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A.
Discovery
Discovery was an English exploration ship most notably used by Henry Hudson during his early 17th-century voyages in search of a Northwest Passage.
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B.
Ovi
Ovi is the widely recognized nickname of Alex Ovechkin, the prolific Russian goal-scorer and NHL superstar.
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C.
i.LINK
i.LINK is Sony’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 high-speed serial bus interface used for connecting digital audio, video, and data devices.
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D.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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E.
Enquire Within Upon Everything
Enquire Within Upon Everything is a 19th-century British household reference book offering practical advice and information on a vast range of everyday topics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: iDiscover Target entity description: iDiscover is the online search and discovery platform used to access Cambridge University’s library collections, including books, journals, and electronic resources.
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A.
Discovery
Discovery was an English exploration ship most notably used by Henry Hudson during his early 17th-century voyages in search of a Northwest Passage.
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B.
Ovi
Ovi is the widely recognized nickname of Alex Ovechkin, the prolific Russian goal-scorer and NHL superstar.
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C.
i.LINK
i.LINK is Sony’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 high-speed serial bus interface used for connecting digital audio, video, and data devices.
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D.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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E.
Enquire Within Upon Everything
Enquire Within Upon Everything is a 19th-century British household reference book offering practical advice and information on a vast range of everyday topics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library catalogue interface
ⓘ
library discovery system ⓘ online search platform ⓘ |
| accessModel | web-based interface ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cambridge University Library
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faculty and departmental libraries at Cambridge ⓘ |
| domain | academic libraries ⓘ |
| goal |
provide a unified discovery experience for Cambridge library users
ⓘ
simplify access to Cambridge’s print and electronic collections ⓘ |
| hasScope | multiple Cambridge libraries in a single search interface ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| primaryFunction |
provide discovery of print and electronic resources
ⓘ
search Cambridge University’s library collections ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
Cambridge University library catalogues
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books ⓘ databases ⓘ e-books ⓘ e-journals ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ journals ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier Cambridge library catalogues and discovery tools ⓘ |
| searchMode |
advanced search
ⓘ
simple search ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
export citations
ⓘ
filter search results by availability ⓘ filter search results by date ⓘ filter search results by library location ⓘ filter search results by resource type ⓘ link to full-text electronic resources ⓘ place requests or reservations on items ⓘ save search results ⓘ search by ISBN or ISSN ⓘ search by author ⓘ search by keyword ⓘ search by subject ⓘ search by title ⓘ view item availability and shelfmark ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
external users with appropriate access rights
ⓘ
members of the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cambridge University Libraries
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University Library
researchers at the University of Cambridge ⓘ staff of the University of Cambridge ⓘ students of the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: iDiscover Description of subject: iDiscover is the online search and discovery platform used to access Cambridge University’s library collections, including books, journals, and electronic resources.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.