Evaluating public web site information: A process and an instrument

Reference Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-32

  Judd, Vaughan C ^a   Farrow, Lucy I ^a   Tims, Betty J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Classification; Information literacy; Library instruction; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644523110     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320510631571     Document Type: Article

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