The nature of information needs and strategies for their investigation in youngsters

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 296-310

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a,b   Dixon, Pat ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4344703772     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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