Search engines: Terrorism's killer app

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 641-654

  Asal, Victor ^a   Harwood, Paul ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 47249107266     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100802149675     Document Type: Article

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