An automated approach to online digital reference: the Open University Library OPAL Project

Program

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-12

  Payne, Georgina F ^a   Bradbury, David ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Online retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036347587     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00330330210426076     Document Type: Article

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