Students' attitudes towards e-books in a Scottish higher education institute: Part 2 Analysis of e-book usage

Library Review

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 676-689

  Abdullah, Noorhidawati ^a   Gibb, Forbes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic books; Higher education; Scotland; Students; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949131424     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530810911798     Document Type: Article

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