Information gathering behaviour of arts scholars in Sri Lankan universities: A critical evaluation

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Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-31

  Ileperuma, Sriyani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Information retrieval; Social sciences; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744247173     PISSN: 01604953     EISSN: 20545592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01604950210414698     Document Type: Article

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