Is library anxiety important?

Library Review

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 278-282

  Jiao, Qun G ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Students; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986101103     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242539910283732     Document Type: Article

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