Safari books online: Currency, usage and book release policies of an e-book database

Collection Building

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-17

  Stephens, Jane ^a   Melgoza, Pauline ^a   Wan, Gang L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collections management; Databases; Electronic books

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149116375     PISSN: 01604953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01604950810846198     Document Type: Article

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