The information practices of business PhD students

New Library World

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 187-200

  Bøyum, Idunn ^a   Aabø, Svanhild ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business discipline; Google scholar; Information practices; Library databases; Norway; PhD students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925011895     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/NLW-06-2014-0073     Document Type: Article

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