Information-seeking behavior of chemists: A transaction log analysis of referral URLs

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 326-332

  Davis, Philip M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ONLINE SEARCHING; PERSONNEL; WEBSITES;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES; CHEMISTS; ELECTRONIC JOURNALS; INFORMATION SEEKING; TRANSACTION LOG ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 1542275556     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10384     Document Type: Article

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