Internet use among college students: Tool or toy?

Educational Review

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-96

  Englander, Fred ^a   Terregrossa, Ralph A ^b   Wang, Zhaobo ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; College students; Internet use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950900489     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910903519793     Document Type: Article

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