Digital versus print: Energy performance in the selection and use of scholarly journals

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-132

  Gard, David L ^a   Keoleian, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital library; Electronic publishing; Information and communications technology (ICT); Internet; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle energy analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCOPYING; PRINTERS (COMPUTER); SERVERS;

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PRINTERS; REPROGRAPHY;

EID: 0036524931     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/108819802763471825     Document Type: Article

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