Can impact factors substitute for the results of local use studies? Findings from an Australian case study

Collection Building

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 90-94

  Altmann, Klaus G ^a   Gorman, G E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Collection management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165726     PISSN: 01604953     EISSN: 20545592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01604959910265878     Document Type: Article

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