Teachers' approaches to finding and using research evidence: An information literacy perspective

Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-206

  Williams, Dorothy ^a,b   Coles, Louisa ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Information access; Information literacy; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249057778     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880701369719     Document Type: Article

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