The medical digital library landscape

Online Information Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 744-758

  Ismond, Kathleen P ^a   Shiri, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Information retrieval; Medical libraries; User studies

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; USER INTERFACES;

MEDICAL DIGITAL LIBRARIES; MEDICAL LIBRARIES; ONLINE USERS; USER STUDIES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 36448983203     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520710841748     Document Type: Article

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