Infomania: Why we can't afford to ignore it any longer

First Monday

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Zeldes, Nathan ^a   Sward, David ^a   Louchheim, Sigal ^a  

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EID: 34548683703     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v12i8.1973     Document Type: Article

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