An investigation into the information needs and information-seeking behaviour of members of Ghana's legislature

Library Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 235-240

  Alemna, A A ^a   Skouby, K E ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ghana; Information services; Parliament; Surveys; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986161406     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120010324815     Document Type: Article

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