Small world and information grounds as contexts of information seeking and sharing

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 60449118114     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2008.10.007     Document Type: Review

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