An automated syllabus digital library system for higher education in Ireland

Electronic Library

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 640-658

  Joorabchi, Arash ^a   Mahdi, Abdulhussain E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Higher education; Information retrieval; Ireland; Library automation; Library systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049102836     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470910979598     Document Type: Article

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