A study of the information literacy capabilities of the Kuwaiti police officers

Electronic Library

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 613-626

  Al Daihani, Sultan M ^a   ur Rehman, Sajjad ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Computers; Information literacy; Information media; Kuwait; Police

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SURVEYS;

COMPUTING SKILL; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SKILL;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 35648978973     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470710829587     Document Type: Article

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