A Comparative Study of Library Surveys of Internet Users at Seton Hall University in 1998 and 2001.

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Main Author:	Bao, Xue-Ming
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Academic Libraries Comparative Analysis Higher Education Internet Library Instruction Library Research Library Surveys Problems Search Strategies User Satisfaction (Information) Users (Information)
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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