Exploring young children's web searching and technoliteracy

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-206

  Spink, Amanda ^a   Danby, Susan ^a   Mallan, Kerry ^a   Butler, Carly ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Behaviour; Children (age groups); Information literacy; Information searches; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649316336     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011023616     Document Type: Article

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