Observations of school library impact at two rural Ugandan schools

New Library World

Volumn 107, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 403-421

  Dent, Valeda F ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance levels; Reading; School libraries; Students; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749076692     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800610702598     Document Type: Article

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