Social informatics: Perspectives, examples, and trends

Annual Review of Information Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 427-465

  Sawyer, Steve ^a   Eschenfelder, Kristin R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0036965291     PISSN: 00664200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aris.1440360111     Document Type: Review

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