Ensuring Chinese engineering graduate students' academic success: A study at the University of Oklahoma

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-341

  Chen, Yao ^a   Brown, Cecelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese engineering graduate students; information seeking; library resources; library services; research

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SEEKING; LIBRARY EXPERIENCE; LIBRARY RESOURCES; LIBRARY SERVICES; UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES; UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA; US UNIVERSITIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LIBRARIES; RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84866621957     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0194262X.2012.705144     Document Type: Article

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