Finding communities: Alternative viewpoints through weblogs and tagging

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 552-575

  Chopin, Kimberly ^a  

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Author keywords

Classification schemes; Communication technologies; Communities; Information searches; Internet; Online operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349110690     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410810884075     Document Type: Article

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