Digital libraries and reference services: Present and future

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 258-283

  Chowdhury, Gobinda G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information services; Information technology; Libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036339240     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410210425809     Document Type: Article

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