Variations in use of meta tag descriptions by Web pages in different subject areas

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 448-462

  Craven, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 10244226611     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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