Information Retrieval in a Work Setting: A Case Study of the Documentation Part of Chemists’ Work

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Information Retrieval in a Work Setting: A Case Study of the Documentation Part of Chemists’ Work. / Hertzum, Morten.

Proceedings of the 16th IRIS Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia. University of Copenhagen, 1993. p. 786-798.

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Harvard

Hertzum, M 1993, Information Retrieval in a Work Setting: A Case Study of the Documentation Part of Chemists’ Work. in Proceedings of the 16th IRIS Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia. University of Copenhagen, pp. 786-798.

APA

Hertzum, M. (1993). Information Retrieval in a Work Setting: A Case Study of the Documentation Part of Chemists’ Work. In Proceedings of the 16th IRIS Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia (pp. 786-798). University of Copenhagen.

Vancouver

Hertzum M. Information Retrieval in a Work Setting: A Case Study of the Documentation Part of Chemists’ Work. In Proceedings of the 16th IRIS Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia. University of Copenhagen. 1993. p. 786-798

Author

Hertzum, Morten. / Information Retrieval in a Work Setting: A Case Study of the Documentation Part of Chemists’ Work. Proceedings of the 16th IRIS Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia. University of Copenhagen, 1993. pp. 786-798

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