Coverage of competencies in the curriculum of information studies: An international perspective

Education for Information

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 199-215

  Ur Rehman, Sajjad ^a   Al Ansari, Husain ^a   Yousef, Nibal ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; ONLINE SEARCHING; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION STUDIES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0036992851     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2002-203-403     Document Type: Review

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