Student reading practices in print and electronic media

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 705-723

  Foasberg, Nancy M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84907023026     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: 21506701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.75.5.705     Document Type: Article

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56. A good overview can be found here: Eleanor J. Goldberg and Michael LaMagna, "Open Educational Resources in Higher Education," College and Research Libraries News 73, no. 6 (2012): 334-37, available online at http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/6/334.full.pdf+html [accessed 22 July 2014].
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