Children's in-library use of computers in an urban public library

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-337

  Gross, Melissa ^a   Dresang, Eliza T ^a   Holt, Leslie E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Louis Public Library   (United States)

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EID: 4344577601     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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