Academic Users' Information Searching on Research Topics: Characteristics of Research Tasks and Search Strategies

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-306

  Du, Jia Tina ^a   Evans, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 79959854857     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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