Evaluating digital libraries for teaching and learning in undergraduate education: A case study of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT)

Library Trends

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-250

  Borgman, Christine L ^a   Gilliland Swetland, Anne J ^a   Leazer, Gregory H ^a   Mayer, Richard ^b   Gwynn, David ^a   Gazan, Rich ^a   Mautone, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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