Comparison between Chinese and English electronic resources:A survey of users of Chinese university library

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-122

  Zha, Xianjin ^a   li, Jing ^a   Yan, Yalan ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Chinese electronic resources; Culture; English electronic resources; Language; Survey; United Kingdom; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874414566     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831311303967     Document Type: Article

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