Online Information Review: Volume 36 Issue 4

How digital information services can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The study aims to determine the environmental impact of printed content in libraries and thus to find out how a digital information service can help libraries and institutions…

Google Books and WorldCat: a comparison of their content

The purpose of this paper is to compare Google Books with WorldCat and to assess some other functionalities of Google Books.

Scenery image retrieval by meta‐feature representation

Content‐based image retrieval suffers from the semantic gap problem: that images are represented by low‐level visual features, which are difficult to directly match to high‐level…

Exploring the h‐index at the institutional level: A practical application in world university rankings

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the scientific performance of universities by extending the application of the h‐index from the individual to the institutional level. A…

A data model of theses and dissertations compatible with CERIF, Dublin Core and EDT‐MS

The aim of this research is to define a data model of theses and dissertations that enables data exchange with CERIF‐compatible CRIS systems and data exchange according to OAI‐PMH…

An exploratory study of online forums as a collaborative learning tool

New information and communication technologies provide tools that help users to progress from traditional teaching methods towards new and more participative approaches consistent…

Twitter use by three political leaders: an exploratory analysis

This study aims to understand how three political leaders – the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu; the Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron; and the President of…

Google Scholar Metrics for Publications: The software and content features of a new open access bibliometric service

The purpose of this paper is to review the software and content features of the Google Scholar Metrics (GSM) service launched in April 2012.

E‐activity and Intelligent Web Construction: Effects of Social Design

Knowledge Development and Social Change through Technology: Emerging Studies

Semantic Web Personalization and Context Awareness: Management of Personal Identities and Social Networking

Reviews of recent research literature – 4