An analysis of undergraduate students' search behaviors in an information literacy class

Journal of Web Librarianship

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-347

  Chen, Hsin Liang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Educational standards; Higher education; Information and computer literacy; Information literacy; Search strategies; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749084680     PISSN: 19322909     EISSN: 19322917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19322900903328807     Document Type: Article

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