A comparison of two user groups: International and U.S. students in an academic library

Public and Access Services Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 17-37

  Wales, Barbara ^a,b   Harmon, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment; Intercultural communication; International students; Library usage patterns; Mail surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011230716     PISSN: 10564942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J119v02n04_02     Document Type: Article

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