The Role of Digital Libraries in Egyptian Higher Education.
Exploring the students' information, communication technology (ICT) profile and how it may affect their attitudes towards the Egyptian university digital library (EUDL) and the role of the digital library in the educational and research activities in faculties of nursing and education in Egypt is th...
| Publicado en: | DOMES: Digest of Middle East Studies Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 40 - 57 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Fall 2009
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