Factors influencing children's and adults' information seeking on the Web: Results of two studies

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 38, Issue , 2001, Pages 126-140

  Bilal, Dania ^a   Kirby, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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