Information seeking behaviour of media professionals in Karachi

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-84

  Ansari, Munira Nasreen ^a   Zuberi, Nisar Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Information behaviour; Information services; Library use; Media professionals; Newspaper journalists; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650297599     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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