The Drumchapel Project: A study of ICT usage by school pupils and teachers in a secondary school in a deprived area of Glasgow

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 55-67

  McLelland, Dorothy ^d   Crawford, John ^a,b,c  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CILIP   (United Kingdom)

^c Group on CILIP Council   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 7444264588     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000604046286     Document Type: Review

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