Blogging toward information literacy: Engaging students and facilitating peer learning

Reference Services Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-407

  Chan, Christopher ^a   Cmor, Dianne ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Hong Kong; Information literacy; Learning; Students; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949112170     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320911007001     Document Type: Article

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