Next generation or current generation?: A study of the OPACs of 260 academic libraries in the USA and Canada

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-300

  Yang, Sharon Q ^a   Hofmann, Melissa A ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Catalogues; Online catalogues; Search engines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958703077     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831111138170     Document Type: Article

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