Uptake and use of electronic information services: Trends in UK higher education from the JUSTEIS project

Program

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-180

  Urquhart, Christine ^a   Thomas, Rhian ^a   Armstrong, Chris ^b   Fenton, Roger ^b   Lonsdale, Ray ^a   Spink, Siân ^a   Yeoman, Alison ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Information Automation Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Information systems; United Kingdom; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042071143     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00330330310484378     Document Type: Article

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