Hyperlink analysis of the visibility of Canadian library and information science school web sites

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-347

  Yi, Kwan ^a   Jin, Tao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Cluster analysis; Inter computer links; User interfaces; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CYBERNETICS; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERSONNEL; SEARCH ENGINES; TEACHING; VISIBILITY; WEBSITES;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HOME PAGES; HYPERLINK; INLINKS; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (LIS); WEB PAGES; WEB SITE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 46249095219     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810889655     Document Type: Article

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