Using the Web as a research source: Implications for L2 academic writing

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-189

  Stapleton, Paul ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 24144448479     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2005.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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