Bradford's Law and its relevance to researchers

Education for Information

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a   Hay Gibson, Naomi V ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradford's Law; current awareness; information research; information seeking; literature reviewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052085680     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2009-0882     Document Type: Review

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