Undergraduate students' source selection criteria: A qualitative study

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 567-573

  Twait, Michelle ^a  

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 30044451880     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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