Students' attitudes towards web search engines-increasing appreciation of sophisticated search strategies

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Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-201

  Martzoukou, Konstantina ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67650022082     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/libr.2008.019     Document Type: Article

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