Online legal research tutorials for undergraduates: Connecting the net generation with the law

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-69

  Barnes, Newkirk ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Electronic resources; Legal research; LexisNexis Academic; Library instruction; Net Generation; Online tutorials

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749461873     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J136v11n02_04     Document Type: Review

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