To wire or not to wire? Encyclopaedia Britannica versus Microsoft Encarta

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 163-167

  Alevizou, Panagiota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical literacy; Digital encyclopaedias; Educational portals

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042546860     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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