Search and discovery across collections: The IMLS digital collections and content project

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-322

  Cole, Timothy W ^a   Shreeves, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting; Digital storage; Grant; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745480026     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830410560107     Document Type: Article

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