Acceptance of digital library among female students and effects of limited access of digital library on their performance in research work: A case of International Islamic University

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 122-128

  Arif, Muhammad ^a   Kanwal, Saima ^b  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Digital library; Higher Education Commission Pakistan; ICT; International Islamic University, Islamabad

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149125176     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iilr.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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