Marketing academic library resources and information services to international students from Asia

Reference Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-583

  Mu, Cuiying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Information facilities; Information literacy; Information services; Overseas students

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949095132     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320710838390     Document Type: Article

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