Google Scholar revisited

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-114

  Jacsó, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Document delivery; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENT DELIVERY; GOOGLE SCHOLAR;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 40249115552     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810866010     Document Type: Article

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