Assessment of the impact of an open-URL link resolver

New Library World

Volumn 108, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 317-331

  Yi, Hua ^a   Herlihy, Catherine S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment; Electronic media; United States of America; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547126939     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800710763617     Document Type: Article

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