Towards an understanding of information literacy in context: Implications for research

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-12

  Lloyd, Anne ^a   Williamson, Kirsty ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Information and Telecommunications Needs Research (ITNR)

Author keywords

Community; Education; Information literacy; Research; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249098837     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000607086616     Document Type: Article

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