Book lovers, technophiles, pragmatists, and printers: The social and demographic structure of user attitudes toward e-Books

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 420-429

  Revelle, Andy ^a   Messner, Kevin ^a   Shrimplin, Aaron ^a   Hurst, Susan ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867262008     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl-288     Document Type: Article

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