Educational use of smart phone technology: A survey of mobile phone application use by undergraduate university students

Program

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 424-436

  Bomhold, Catharine Reese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Apps; Mobile technology; Smart phones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884521839     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/PROG-01-2013-0003     Document Type: Article

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