Analysis of users' searches of CD-ROM databases in the national and university library in Zagreb

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-802

  Jokic, Maja ^a  

^a National and University Library   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD-ROM; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS;

SEARCH STRATEGY;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0031268547     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4573(97)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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