Assessing information literacy among undergraduates: A discussion of the literature and the University of California-Berkeley assessment experience

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-85

  Maughan, Patricia Davitt ^a  

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DOI: 10.5860/crl.62.1.71     Document Type: Article

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4. Behrens, "A Conceptual Analysis and Historical Overview of Information Literacy," 313.
5. American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, Final Report (Chicago: ALA, 1989), 15.
6. Ibid., 1.
7. Ibid.
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15. Ibid., 58.
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42. Ibid.
43. Ibid., 305.
44. Ibid.