Measuring the institution's footprint in the web

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 540-556

  Aguillo, Isidro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Search engines; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049092727     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/073788309     Document Type: Article

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