Not in Love, or Not in the Know? Graduate Student and Faculty Use (and Non-Use) of E-Books

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 326-332

  Cassidy, Erin Dorris ^a   Martinez, Michelle ^a   Shen, Lisa ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; E books; Faculty; Graduate students; Non users; User behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867323555     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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