Understanding our student learners: A phenomenographic study revealing the ways that undergraduate women at Mills College understand using information

Reference Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 452-462

  Maybee, Clarence ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

College libraries; Information literacy; Library users; Research methods; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547579254     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320710774319     Document Type: Article

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