The evolution of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: From the Macropaedia to Britannica Online

Reference Services Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-299

  Auchter, Dorothy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromic publishing; References; Resources; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986061530     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907329910275196     Document Type: Article

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