Estimating the audience level for library resources

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2042-2050

  O'Neill, Edward T ^a   Connaway, Lynn Silipigni ^a   Dickey, Timothy J ^a  

^a OCLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES; LIBRARY RESOURCES; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; REFERENCE SERVICES;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 55349106189     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20908     Document Type: Article

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