A phenomenographic study of English faculty's conceptions of information literacy

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-228

  Boon, Stuart ^a   Johnston, Bill ^a   Webber, Sheila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Higher education; Information literacy; Librarians

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847627147     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410710737187     Document Type: Article

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