Evaluating Google scholar as a tool for information literacy

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 167-176

  Calhcart, Rachael ^a   Roberts, Amanda ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bibliographic instruction to undergraduates; Federated searching; Google Scholar; Information literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746705083     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J136v10n03_15     Document Type: Article

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