An investigation of institutional repositories in state universities in Zimbabwe

Information Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-67

  Nyambi, Esther ^a   Maynard, Sally ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

institutional repositories; International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications; universities; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856595835     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666911425264     Document Type: Review

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