Library anxiety and characteristic strengths and weaknesses of graduate students’ study habits

Library Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 73-80

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

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Anxiety; Library users; Students; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104089     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530110381118     Document Type: Article

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