Convenience or credibility? A study of college student online research behaviors

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-182

  Biddix, J Patrick ^a   Chung, Chung Joo ^b   Park, Han Woo ^c  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Academic work; College students; Internet use; Online research; Semantic network analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC WORK; COLLEGE STUDENTS; INTERNET USE; ONLINE RESEARCH; SEMANTIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INTERNET; NEURAL NETWORKS; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINES; SEMANTICS; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79958124694     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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