Information literacy skill development and life long learning: Exploring nursing students' and academics' understandings

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Nayda, Robyn ^a   Rankin, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Life long learning; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849107070     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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