The information needs of United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)

Library Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-178

  Marcella, Rita ^a   Carcary, Iona ^a   Baxter, Graeme ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Parliament; Governance; Information management; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986117293     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435129910259667     Document Type: Article

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