Empowering users – current awareness on the Internet

The Electronic Library

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 379-388

  Fourie, Ina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Information services; Internet; Users

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; PORTALS; SEARCH ENGINES;

CONVENTIONAL SOURCES; CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICES; EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES; META SEARCH ENGINE; SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 0141448105     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640479910329996     Document Type: Article

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