A survey of engineers in their information world

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 168-174

  Ward, Martin ^a  

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EID: 0035541869     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000014245017     Document Type: Review

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