Correlates of Undergraduates' Information-Seeking Behavior

College and Undergraduate Libraries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Tella, Adeyinka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Information; Information need; Information seeking behavior; Self efficacy; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449567726     PISSN: 10691316     EISSN: 15452530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691310902754221     Document Type: Article

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