The hidden user: providing an effective service to users of electronic information sources

OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 175-180

  Debowski, Shelda ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information retrieval; Internet; Library users; Self service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043512     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650750010354120     Document Type: Article

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