Hispanics and public libraries: Assessing their health information seeking behaviors in the e-health environment

Reference Services Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 85-99

  Yoo Lee, Eun Young ^a   Rhodes, Tamara ^b   Peterson, Gabriel M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Health education; Health literacy; Information needs and uses; Public libraries; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977108746     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/RSR-02-2016-0015     Document Type: Article

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