Selection of information sources: Accessibility of and familiarity with sources, and types of tasks

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 46, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Xie, Iris ^a   Joo, Soohyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 84859382229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2009.1450460215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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