Investigating the effectiveness of client-side search/browse without a network connection

Search and browse, incorporating elements of information retrieval and database operations, are core services in most digital repository toolkits. These are often implemented using a server-side index, such as that produced by Apache SOLR. However, sometimes a small collection needs to be static and portable, or stored client-side. It is proposed that, in these instances, browser-based search and browse is possible, using standard facilities within the browser. This was implemented and evaluated for varying behaviours and collection sizes. The results show that it was possible to achieve fast performance for typical queries on small- to medium-sized collections