Attitudes of Ohiolink librarians toward google scholar

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 101-113

  Giglierano, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; College students; Google Scholar; Information literacy; Information retrieval; Library instruction; Link resolvers; OhioLINK; Online databases; Search engines; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650938581     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930820802110951     Document Type: Article

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