Relevance judging, evaluation, and decision making in virtual libraries: A descriptive study

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 989-1010

  Fitzgerald, Mary Ann ^a   Galloway, Chad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ONLINE SEARCHING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

VENDORS; VIRTUAL LIBRARIES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 0035476104     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.1152     Document Type: Article

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