Databases as scientific instruments and their role in the ordering of scientific work

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-298

  Hine, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Database; Ethnography; Genome; Information; Laboratory science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644902930     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706054047     Document Type: Article

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