Project CATE: Using outcome measures ot assess school-age children's use of technology in urban public libraries. A collaborative research process

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-42

  Dresang, Eliza T ^a   Gross, Melissa ^a   Holt, Leslie Edmonds ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Louis Public Library   (United States)

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EID: 0037340071     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(02)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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