A proposed method of measuring the utility of individual information retrieval tools

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-34

  Meadow, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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