Rising to the top: Evaluating the use of the HTML META tag to improve retrieval of world wide web documents through internet search engines

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 258-271

  Turner, Thomas P ^a   Brackbill, Lise ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Multnomah County Library   (United States)

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EID: 0032270969     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/lrts.42n4.258     Document Type: Article

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