Information quest

Looks at the lessons to be learned from the failure of Questia, formed in 1999, which claimed to offer a revolutionary on‐line research service for college students, providing access to the full texts of hundreds of thousands of books, journals, and periodicals. However, the expected numbers of subscribers did not materialise; probably because students have access to university libraries’ full text databases and effective Internet search engines.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Maxymuk, John
Published in:	The Bottom Line. - Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISSN 2054-1724, ZDB-ID 2014372-2. - Vol. 17.2004, 1, p. 34-36
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subject:	Library facilities \| Information management \| Internet \| Online databases

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	research-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/08880450410519692 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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