Library anxiety: A decade of empirical research

Library Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-185

  Cleveland, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Literature; Research; United States of America; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043609     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530410526583     Document Type: Article

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