Digital or Printed Textbooks: Which do Students Prefer and Why?

Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-185

  Millar, Michelle ^a   Schrier, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

e Books; electronic textbooks; generation Y; technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930765780     PISSN: 15313220     EISSN: 15313239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15313220.2015.1026474     Document Type: Article

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