An investigation of differences in undergraduates' academic use of the internet

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-22

  Selwyn, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender differences; ICT; Information searching; Internet; Subject differences; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349114871     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787407086744     Document Type: Article

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