Libraries, the internet and older people

New Review of Information Networking

Volumn 4, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-38

  Blake, Monica ^a  

^a Information Technology/Commercial Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; ONLINE SEARCHING; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

OLDER PEOPLE INTERNET ACCESS;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 0032256876     PISSN: 13614576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13614579809516915     Document Type: Article

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