A Question of Quality: The Effect of Source Quality on Information Seeking by Women in IT Professions

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 140-151

  Marton, Christine ^a   Choo, Chun Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 1842834317     PISSN: 00447870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450390116     Document Type: Article

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