Assessing the TIP online information literacy tutorial

Reference Services Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-64

  Tronstad, Bryan ^a   Phillips, Lori ^a   Garcia, Jenny ^a   Harlow, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment; Information literacy; Tutorials

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349286310     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320910934995     Document Type: Article

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