Comparing Digital Archaeological Repositories: tDAR Versus Open Context

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 173-213

  Sheehan, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

archaeology data; data repository comparison; online data repositories; Open Context; the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR)

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARCHEOLOGY; FUNDING; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARIAN; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948971846     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2015.1096155     Document Type: Article

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