Collection evaluation through citation analysis techniques: a case study of the Ministry of Education, Singapore

Library Review

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 398-405

  Tan Yeok Ching, Joanna ^a   Chennupati, K R ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF EDUCATION   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bibliographic standards; Collection management; Library services; Library users; Reference libraries; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986083381     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530210443136     Document Type: Article

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