Information grounds and the use of need-based services by immigrants in queens, New York: A context-based, outcome evaluation approach

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 754-766

  Fisher, Karen E ^a   Durrance, Joan C ^b   Hinton, Marian Bouch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT CUSTOMERS; NEED BASED SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS; PUBLIC LIBRARIES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; EDUCATION; LINGUISTICS; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2542448979     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20019     Document Type: Article

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