Information needs and information-seeking behaviour of graduate students at the University of Botswana

Library Review

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 329-340

  Fidzani, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Botswana; Information resources management; Training needs; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993043269     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242539810233459     Document Type: Article

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