Diversity in the e-journal use and information-seeking behaviour of UK researchers

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-433

  Nicholas, David ^a   Rowlands, Ian ^a   Huntington, Paul ^a   Jamali, Hamid R ^b   Salazar, Patricia Hernández ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Electronic journals; Information research; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951430859     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011038476     Document Type: Article

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