Conceptualizing information, technology, and people: Comparing information science and information systems literatures

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1436-1447

  Sawyer, Steve ^a   Huang, Halyan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE WORK; INFORMATION SYSTEMS LITERATURES; SCHOLARSHIPS;

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GROUPWARE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547581663     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20621     Document Type: Article

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