Millennial students' mental models of search: Implications for academic librarians and database developers

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Holman, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

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EID: 78650927862     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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