Medium-sized universities connect to their libraries: Links on university home pages and User group pages

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-23

  Harpel Burke, Pamela ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750861580     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v25i1.3325     Document Type: Review

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