Student perceptions of federated searching vs single database searching

Reference Services Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-303

  Armstrong, Annie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Databases; Library instruction; Search engines; Teaching methods; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350176016     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320910982785     Document Type: Article

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