Debating definitions of information literacy: Enough is enough!

Library Review

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 366-374

  Owusu Ansah, Edward K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Information; Libraries; Literacy; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644562363     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530510605494     Document Type: Article

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