Electronic books: Children's reading and comprehension

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 583-599

  Grimshaw, Shirley ^a   Dungworth, Naomi ^b   McKnight, Cliff ^b   Morris, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Information Studies ^*

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONLINE DICTIONARY;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 34250009395     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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