How are teacher-librarians finding resources for coursework? Distance learners and the role of university library services

Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 63-74

  De Jong, Cees Jan ^a   Branch, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Information seeking behaviour; Library services; Teacher librarianship

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746855447     PISSN: 1533290X     EISSN: 15332918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J192v02n03_06     Document Type: Article

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