If you build it will they come? The LAIRAH study: Quantifying the use of online resources in the arts and humanities through statistical analysis of user log data

Literary and Linguistic Computing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-102

  Warwick, Claire ^a   Terras, Melissa ^a   Huntington, Paul ^a   Pappa, Nikoleta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39449092985     PISSN: 02681145     EISSN: 14774615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqm045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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