Exploring the information seeking behavior of Greek graduate students: A case study set in the University of Macedonia

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-91

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

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Graduate students; Greece; Information seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958790903     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iilr.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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