Field differences in the use and perceived usefulness of scholarly mailing lists

Information Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Talja, Sanna ^a   Savolainen, Reijo ^a   Maula, Hanni ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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