Emerging alternatives to the impact factor

OCLC Systems and Services

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Banks, Marcus A ^a   Dellavalle, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection development; Collection management; Digital libraries; User studies

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; COLLECTION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; IMPACT FACTOR; OPEN ACCESS; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; USER STUDY;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 50449097041     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650750810898200     Document Type: Review

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