Information literacy, personal epistemology, and knowledge construction: Potential and possibilities

College and Undergraduate Libraries

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 93-112

  Swanson, Troy ^a  

^a Moraine Valley Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational psychology; Information literacy; Knowledge construction; Personal epistemology; Undergraduate research process

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750403565     PISSN: 10691316     EISSN: 15452530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J106v13n03_07     Document Type: Review

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