Growing competition for libraries
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Growing competition for libraries
This article begins with an analysis of Questia’s online collection of digitized books and articles. Although the collection is not found to be a strong one, Questia’s strength lies in its ability to utilize the digital format to overcome many of the barriers and inconsistencies that undergraduate students encounter in a traditional brick-and-mortar academic library. Librarians can learn a lot ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Library Hi Tech
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0737-8831
DOI: 10.1108/07378830110411989