Information resource selection of undergraduate students in academic search tasks

Information Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Jee Yeon ^a   Paik, Woojin ^b   Joo, Soohyung ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 84861983854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13681613     Source Type: Journal    
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