Loans, Logins, and Lasting the Course: Academic Library Use and Student Retention

Australian Academic and Research Libraries

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-244

  Haddow, Gaby ^a   Joseph, Jayanthi ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79951752533     PISSN: 00048623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048623.2010.10721478     Document Type: Article

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