A library or just another information resource? A case study of users' mental models of traditional and digital libraries

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-445

  Makri, Stephann ^a   Blandford, Ann ^a   Gow, Jeremy ^a   Rimmer, Jon ^a   Warwick, Claire ^a   Buchanan, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERNET; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEARCH ENGINES;

CATALOGUE; ELECTRONIC LIBRARY; MENTAL MODELS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 33847733595     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20510     Document Type: Article

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