The ERIC database: A comparison of four versions

Reference Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-174

  Brown, Janet Dagenais ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Databases; Education; Evaluation; Libraries; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986113550     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320310460951     Document Type: Article

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