Searching for library and information science literature: A comparison of coverage in three databases

Library Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 118-126

  Read, Eleanor J ^a   Smith, R Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Knox County Public Library System   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstracting services; Databases; Indexes; Information retrieval; Information services; Libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141734509     PISSN: 15271161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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