Making the connection: Learning style theory and the legal research curriculum

Legal Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 71-93

  Gerdy, Kristin B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650518401     PISSN: 0270319X     EISSN: 1540949X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J113v19n03_07     Document Type: Article

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