Adoption of electronic reference materials in academic libraries of Iran

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-63

  Hayati, Zouhayr ^a   Jowkar, Tahere ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 39749161421     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572317.2008.10762762     Document Type: Article

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