E-books in an academic library: Implementation at the ETH library, Zurich

Electronic Library

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-102

  McLuckie, Ann ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electronic books; Electronic publishing; Internet; Libraries; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; LIBRARIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICS; TEXTBOOKS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ACADEMIC LIBRARY; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; LIBRARY COLLECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; USAGE STATISTICS; WEB BASED ELECTRONIC BOOKS;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 19644367764     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470510582772     Document Type: Article

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