What deep log analysis tells us about the impact of big deals: Case study OhioLINK

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-508

  Nicholas, David ^a   Huntington, Paul ^a   Jamali, Hamid R ^a   Tenopir, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic journals; Information retrieval; Online catalogues; Online databases; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746645995     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410610673864     Document Type: Article

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