Usage of information resources by computer engineering students: A case study of Nanyang technological university, Singapore

Online Information Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 318-325

  Majid, Shaheen ^a   Tan, Ai Tee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Information retrieval; Singapore; User studies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET;

INFORMATION RESOURCES;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 0036435226     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520210447886     Document Type: Article

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