Effect of internet book reviews on purchase intention: A focus group study

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 461-468

  Lin, Tom M Y ^a   Luarn, Pin ^a   Huang, Yun Kuei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 29644440150     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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