Prevalence and reasons for university library usage

Library Review

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 411-420

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

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Library users; Multiple regression analysis; Students; University libraries; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106167     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242539710178416     Document Type: Article

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