Qualitative advantages of quantities of information: Bigger is better

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science

Volumn 6 A, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1169-1178

  Lesk, Michael ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Mass digitization; Search engines

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SEARCHING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES;

DIGITIZATION PROJECTS; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; INFORMATION QUANTITIES; MASS DIGITIZATION; ONLINE READING; ONLINE WRITING; QUALITATIVE ADVANTAGES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 30044434865     PISSN: 10093095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2005.A1169     Document Type: Article

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