Creativity and craft: The information-seeking behavior of theatre artists

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-347

  Medaille, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arts; Behaviour; Information research; Theatre

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951475667     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011038430     Document Type: Article

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