Exploring faculty experiences with e-books: A focus group

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-254

  Carlock, Danielle M ^a   Perry, Anali Maughan ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Academic staff; Electronic books; Focus groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149124557     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830810880342     Document Type: Article

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