A social science gateway in a shifting digital world: shaping SOSIG for users’ needs of the future

Online Information Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 328-337

  Huxley, Lesly ^a   Joyce, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Information centres; Project evaluation; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEACHING;

INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS; LABOR-INTENSIVE SERVICES; PUBLIC FUNDS; SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION GATEWAY (SOSIG);

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

EID: 9144239959     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520410564253     Document Type: Article

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