Reading revolutions: Online digital text and implications for reading in academe

First Monday

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Cull, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 80052175929     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v16i6.3340     Document Type: Article

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