Bringing together children and books: An initial descriptive study of children's book searching and selection behavior in a digital library

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 41, Issue , 2004, Pages 339-348

  Reuter, Kara ^a   Druin, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33644671259     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450410140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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