Information-seeking behavior of international graduate students vs. American graduate students: A user study at Virginia Tech 2005

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-25

  Liao, Yan ^a   Finn, Mary ^b   Lu, Jun ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847044086     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.68.1.5     Document Type: Review

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