Organising e-journals from the point of view of humanities: A case study at the University of Parma

New Library World

Volumn 106, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 416-429

  Bevilacqua, Fabrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Case studies; Electronic journals; Italy; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944458018     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800510623092     Document Type: Article

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