Linking information to real-life problems: An interdisciplinary collaboration of librarians, departments, and food businesses

Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-318

  Kesselman, Martin A ^a   Sherman, Adria ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b the State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative teaching; Embedded librarians; Food industry; Information literacy; Librarians; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049185971     PISSN: 10496505     EISSN: 15404722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496500903245446     Document Type: Article

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