Comparing digital libraries with virtual communities from the perspective of e-quality

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-189

  Yan, Yalan ^a   Zha, Xianjin ^b   Zhang, Jinchao ^b   Hou, Xiaorong ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Digital libraries; Information quality; Service quality; System quality; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897945534     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LHT-04-2013-0042     Document Type: Article

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