Reviewing digital scholarship: The need for discipline-based peer review

Journal of Web Librarianship

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 549-566

  Cross, Jeanne G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection development; Digital scholarship; History; Peer review; Social sciences; Tenure; World wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009633904     PISSN: 19322909     EISSN: 19322917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19322900802473936     Document Type: Article

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