Net knowledge: Performance of new college students on an Internet skills proficiency test

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-66

  O'Hanlon, Nancy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing; Freshmen; Information literacy; Internet; Proficiency test; Research skills

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LIBRARIES; STUDENTS;

COMPUTING; FRESHMEN; INFORMATION LITERACY; PROFICIENCY TESTS; RESEARCH SKILLS;

INTERNET;

EID: 2942611030     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7516(02)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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