Use of electronic information resources and facilities by humanities scholars

Electronic Library

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-136

  Tahir, Muhammad ^a   Mahmood, Khalid ^b   Shafique, Farzana ^c  

^a International College of Engineering and Management   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Electronic media; Information; Information services; Internet; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951148237     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471011023423     Document Type: Article

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