Net cred: Evaluating the internet as a research source

Reference Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-70

  Doyle, Tony ^a   Hammond, John L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Information literacy; Internet; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644524413     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320610648761     Document Type: Article

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