Digital information access in urban/suburban communities: A survey report of public digital library use by the residents in Connecticut

OCLC Systems and Services

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-144

  Liu, Yan Quan ^a   Martin, Craig ^a   Roehl, Eileen ^a   Li, Zhixian ^a   Ward, Sheila ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Information studies; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION STUDIES; LIFE-LONG EDUCATIONS; PUBLIC LIBRARY; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SPECIFIC INFORMATION;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 33745089955     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650750610664021     Document Type: Article

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