Engaging with scholarly digital libraries (publisher platforms): The extent to which 'added-value' functions are used

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 826-842

  Nicholas, David ^a   Huntington, Paul ^a   Monopoli, Maria ^b   Watkinson, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Functionality; Scholarly journals; Synergy

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION THEORY; STUDENTS;

DEEP LOG METHODS; FUNCTIONALITY; SCHOLARLY JOURNALS; SYNERGY;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 27644530097     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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