U.S. academic libraries: Understanding their web presence and their relationship with economic indicators

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 315-336

  Orduña Malea, Enrique ^a   Regazzi, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Digital collections; Economic variables; Online catalogs; Repositories; United States; Universities; Web based indicators; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891741068     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1001-0     Document Type: Article

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