The subject gateway: experiences and issues based on the emergence of the Resource Discovery Network

Online Information Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-23

  Dempsey, Lorcan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Cataloguing; Information retrieval; Internet; Research; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; CATALOGUING; UNITED KINGDOM (UK);

EDUCATION; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LIBRARIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0002780840     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520010323029     Document Type: Review

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