A user-oriented evaluation of digital libraries: Case study the "electronic journals" service of the library and information service of the university of patras, Greece

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-117

  Monopoli, Maria ^a   Nicholas, David ^a   Georgiou, Panagiotis ^b   Korfiati, Marina ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case studies; Internet; Libraries; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244431818     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530210435239     Document Type: Article

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