From Availability to Access.
This paper reports on student perspectives on access to online information resources when conducting an initial search for a school project. Through thematic analysis and user vignettes based on data from 175 students in elementary through graduate school, this paper explores how students determine...
| Publicado en: | Information Technology & Libraries Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 1 - 17 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Library Association
Dec2025
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