Information literacy among undergraduate students in Niger Delta university

Electronic Library

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 659-675

  Baro, E Emmanuel ^a   Fyneman, Biokuromoye ^a  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Information searches; Learning processes; Nigeria; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049116765     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470910979606     Document Type: Article

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