Transforming information search and evaluation practices of undergraduate students

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 518-526

  Shanahan, Madeleine C ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Databases; Education; Informatics; Information retrieval; Internet; Learning; Universities; World wide web

Indexed keywords

(N ,F) RADIOGRAPHY; DATABASE SEARCHING; ELECTRONIC INFORMATION; FOUR POINT; INFORMATION SEARCHES; INFORMATION SEARCHING; INTERNET SOURCES; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; UNDERGRADUATE (UG); UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKILL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VICTORIA;

EID: 45249089894     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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