Errata and retractions in electronic journals: Notification practices

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Jones, Dixie A ^a   Watson, Michael M ^a   Comegys, Marianne ^a   Burnett, Alice ^a   Tucker, Betty ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic publishing; Libraries; Medical journalism; Medical libraries; Published erratum; Retracted publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955537349     PISSN: 15323269     EISSN: 15323277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J186v03n02_02     Document Type: Article

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