Successful Web Survey Methodologies for Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services (MINES for Libraries)

IFLA Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-40

  Franklin, Brinley ^a   Plum, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Mount Holyoke program for the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS)   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic resources; MINES for Libraries; Surveys; Use; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998080760     PISSN: 03400352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0340035206063885     Document Type: Article

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