Electronic journals: myths and realities

Library Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-162

  Woodward, Hazel ^a   Rowland, Fytton ^b   Mcknight, Cliff ^b   Meadows, Jack ^b   Pritchett, Carolyn ^b  

^a Pilkington Library   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic publishing; Journal publishing; Libraries; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131259     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435129710166482     Document Type: Article

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