Disciplinary differences in academic web presence - A statistical study of the UK

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Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 242-253

  Thelwall, Mike ^a   Price, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24944441468     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LIBR.2003.242     Document Type: Article

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