Secondary school teachers' conceptions of student information literacy

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 199-212

  Williams, Dorothy A ^a   Wavell, Caroline ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Information literacy; Learning; Secondary schools; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849088958     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000607083211     Document Type: Article

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