Not on the same page: Undergraduates' information retrieval in electronic and print books

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 518-525

  Berg, Selinda Adelle ^a   Hoffmann, Kristin ^b   Dawson, Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 78049433347     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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