Relative Preferences for Paper and for Electronic Books: Implications for Reference Services, Library Instruction, and Collection Management

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 281-303

  Rod Welch, Leila June ^a   Weeg, Barbara E ^a   Caswell, Jerry V ^a   Kessler, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; e books; electronic books; library; paper books; preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890505267     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875301.2013.840713     Document Type: Article

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