Undergraduates' Academic Reading Format Preferences and Behaviors

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-311

  Mizrachi, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic reading; College students; Electronic reading; Print reading; Reading format preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929953045     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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