Using cited half-life to adjust download statistics

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 527-542

  Ladwig, J Parker ^a   Sommese, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 29144472669     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.66.6.527     Document Type: Article

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