Patterns of use of electronic journals

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 477-504

  Eason, Ken ^a   Richardson, Sue ^a   Yu, Liangzhi ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0034415830     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000007124     Document Type: Article

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