A Tale of Two Departments: A Comparison of Faculty Information-Seeking Practices

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-61

  Mayfield, Tracey ^a   Thomas, Joy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College faculty; Family and consumer sciences; Information seeking; Social sciences; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012470463     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J103v23n02_03     Document Type: Article

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