Evaluating academic library portal effectiveness: A Malaysian case study

Library Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-212

  Masrek, Mohamad Noorman ^a   Jamaludin, Adnan ^a   Mukhtar, Sobariah Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Digital libraries; Malaysia; Portals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949559406     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242531011031188     Document Type: Article

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