What kind of science can information science be?

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Buckland, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 83655201309     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21656     Document Type: Article

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