E-books in academic libraries: How does currency affect usage?

New Library World

Volumn 111, Issue , 2010, Pages 371-380

  Herlihy, Catherine S ^a   Yi, Hua ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Currency options; Customer satisfaction; Electronic books; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957297715     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074801011089297     Document Type: Article

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