The Use of OPAC in a Large Academic Library: A Transactional Log Analysis Study of Subject Searching

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-337

  Villén Rueda, Luis ^a   Senso, Jose A ^a   de Moya Anegón, Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 34248170753     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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