Reasons for the use and non-use of electronic journals and databases: A domain analytic study in four scholarly disciplines

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 673-691

  Talja, Sanna ^a   Maula, Hanni ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electronic journals; Information retrieval; Research; Searching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242458223     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410310506312     Document Type: Article

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