Assessing aesthetic relevance: Children's book selection in a digital library

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1745-1763

  Reuter, Kara ^a  

^a Worthington Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AESTHETIC RELEVANCE; LITERACY EDUCATION;

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 35348889608     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20657     Document Type: Article

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