The use and users of scholarly e-journals: A review of log analysis studies

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 554-571

  Jamali, Hamid R ^a   Nicholas, David ^a   Huntington, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic journals; Information searches

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SEARCHING; WEBSITES;

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS; EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED (CO); LOG ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 33645082084     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530510634271     Document Type: Review

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