Encounters with the OPAC: On-line searching in public libraries

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 757-773

  Slone, Debra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIBRARIES;

ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGS;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0033687343     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(2000)51:8<757::AID-ASI80>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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