Just the facts: An examination of e-book usage by business students and faculty

Reference Librarian

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-273

  Simon, Carol ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business faculty; Business students; E books; Informationseeking behaviors; Reference books

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960039697     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763877.2011.556561     Document Type: Article

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