"I still like Google": University student perceptions of searching OPACs and the Web

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 41, Issue , 2004, Pages 138-146

  Fast, Karl V ^a   Campbell, D Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 27644491607     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450410116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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