The web as a free source for scientific information: A comparison with fee-based databases

Online Information Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-411

  Doldi, Luisa M ^a   Bratengeyer, Erwin ^b  

^a Danube University ^*

^b DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Databases; Information retrieval; Information searches; Search engines; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; RELIABILITY; SEARCH ENGINES;

GOOGLE; INFORMATION SEARCHES; SCIENTIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; SEARCH TIME;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 24144466937     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520510617848     Document Type: Article

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