The JISC Academic Database Assessment Tool- Virtues and vices

Online Information Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 806-814

  Jacsó, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Libraries

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTENT ENHANCEMENT; CREATIVE COMMONS; DATABASES; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIGITAL INFORMATION; DIGITAL INFORMATION RESOURCES; ENGLAND; FREE OF CHARGE; FUNDING COUNCILS; FURTHER EDUCATION; HIT COUNT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEES; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; LICENSE AGREEMENTS; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCOTLAND; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS; TIME SPAN;

COPYRIGHTS; EDUCATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; LIBRARIES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 79551499076     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521011084636     Document Type: Article

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