Convenience or content: A study of undergraduate periodical use

Reference Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-338

  Lombardo, Shawn V ^a   Condic, Kristine S ^b  

^a Information Literacy Librarian ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment; Attitude surveys; Education; Library users; Online retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986120877     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006494     Document Type: Article

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