Untangling the relationship between libraries, young adults and Web 2.0: The necessity of a critical perspective

Library Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-251

  Serantes, Lucia Cedeira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Libraries; Worldwide web; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949116901     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530910942081     Document Type: Article

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