Intelligent agent concepts in the modern library

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-125

  Dent, Valeda F ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Intelligent agents; Libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947387436     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830710735894     Document Type: Review

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