Affordance theory: A framework for graduate students' information behavior

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-141

  Sadler, Elizabeth ^a   Given, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Ecology; Graduates; Information media; Librarians; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846398223     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410710723911     Document Type: Article

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