Strategies for creating mis technology to improve social work practice and research

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 5-22

  Johnson, Elizabeth ^a   Hinterlong, James ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation research; Management information system; Program administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043098424     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v18n03_02     Document Type: Article

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