Empowering users with a new online catalog

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 130-141

  Lombardo, Shawn V ^a   Condic, Kristine S ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude surveys; Information retrieval; Libraries; Methods; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346586836     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830010333464     Document Type: Article

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