Assessing the intention to use e-book among engineering undergraduates in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 512-528

  Letchumanan, Malathi ^a   Tarmizi, Rohani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

E books; E learning; Gender; Information technology; Malaysia; Technology acceptance model; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052583043     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831111174459     Document Type: Article

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