Placing the Internet in information source horizons. A study of information seeking by Internet users in the context of self-development

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 415-433

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a   Kari, Jarkko ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 10244265840     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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