The World Wide Web as an instructional tool

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5286, 1996, Pages 371-372

  Barrie, John M ^a   Presti, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029810193     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5286.371     Document Type: Review

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17. We thank W. J. Freeman for reviewing this manuscript and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California at Berkeley, for support.