Information skills of undergraduate business students – a comparison of UK and international students

Library Management

Volumn 25, Issue , 2004, Pages 39-55

  Varga Atkins, Tünde ^a   Ashcroft, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business studies; Higher education; Information services; Libraries; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993093096     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120410510247     Document Type: Article

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