E-books revisited: Surveying student e-book usage in a distributed learning academic library 6 years later

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-569

  Croft, Rosie ^a   Davis, Corey ^a  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Distance learning; E books; User survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955738609     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2010.488600     Document Type: Article

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