Factors that Influence Information-Seeking Behavior: The Case of Greek Graduate Students

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-165

  Korobili, Stella ^a   Malliari, Aphrodite ^a   Zapounidou, Sofia ^b  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 79952622794     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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