Managing thesis anxiety: A faculty-librarian partnership to guide off-campus graduate education students through the thesis process

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 341-354

  Green, Rosemary ^a   Bowser, Mary ^a  

^a SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Distance learners; Faculty; Graduate education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011525745     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J111v37n03_28     Document Type: Article

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