Using best practices: Librarians, graduate students and instruction

Reference Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-116

  Stec, Eileen M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Best practice; Information literacy; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644531305     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320610648798     Document Type: Article

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