Testing information literacy in digital environments: ETS's iSkills assessment

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 3-12

  Katz, Irvin R ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 36048975428     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v26i3.3271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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