The impact of RDS on usage of electronic content in UK academic libraries: Selected results from a UKSG-funded project

Serials Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 85-99

  Spezi, Valérie ^a   Creaser, Claire ^a   Conyers, Angela ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic library; Digital library; Discovery; Electronic resource; Usage; Web scale discovery service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943556378     PISSN: 00987913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2015.1035991     Document Type: Article

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