A research case study for user-centred information literacy instruction: Information behaviour of translation trainees

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-549

  Pinto, Mara ^a   Sales, Dora ^a  

^a Department of Information Science ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Case study; Empirical study; Information behaviour; Information literacy; Translation studies students; User studies

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; QUERY PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; USER INTERFACES;

EMPIRICAL STUDY; INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR; INFORMATION LITERACY; USER STUDIES;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

EID: 34748862332     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506076404     Document Type: Article

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