Influences of Demographic Characteristics of Community Network Users on their Perceptions and Use of the Network

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 326-337

  Kwon, Nahyun ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

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EID: 1842834226     PISSN: 00447870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450390136     Document Type: Article

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