A comparison of youngsters' use of CD-ROM and the internet as information resources

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1029-1049

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a   Dixon, Pat ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD-ROM; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET;

ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; INFORMATION RESOURCES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0042830970     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10299     Document Type: Article

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