Searching the Web: general and scientific information access

@article{Lawrence1999SearchingTW,
  title={Searching the Web: general and scientific information access},
  author={Steve Lawrence and C. Lee Giles},
  journal={First IEEE/POPOV Workshop on Internet Technologies and Services. Proceedings (Cat. No.99EX391)},
  year={1999},
  pages={18-31},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:10947844}
}
  • S. LawrenceC. Lee Giles
  • Published in First IEEE/POPOV Workshop on… 1999
  • Computer Science
  • First IEEE/POPOV Workshop on Internet Technologies and Services. Proceedings (Cat. No.99EX391)
The World Wide Web has revolutionized the way that people access information, and has opened up new possibilities in areas such as digital libraries, general and scientific information dissemination…
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