Information Illiteracy and Mass Market Writing Assessments

College Composition and Communication

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-141

  Perelman, Les ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 55049103928     PISSN: 0010096X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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