Factors influencing the usage of an electronic book collection: Size of the E-book collection, the student population, and the faculty population

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-59

  Lamothe, Alain R ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84872102577     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl-301     Document Type: Article

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