Perspectives on Accreditation and Information Literacy as Reflected in the Literature of Library and Information Science

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-313

  Saunders, Laura ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 47149088786     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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