E-textbooks at what cost? Performance and use of electronic v. print texts

Computers and Education

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-23

  Daniel, David B ^a   Woody, William Douglas ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; E book; Electronic text; Print text; Student learning; Textbook

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; E-BOOK; ELECTRONIC TEXT; PRINT TEXT; STUDENT LEARNING;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; TEXTBOOKS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84868674858     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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