Information literacy in the professional literature: An exploratory analysis

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-282

  Aharony, Noa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health and medicine; Information literacy; Research work

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMERGING TRENDS; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; INFORMATION LITERACY; WEB OF SCIENCE;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH; MEDICINE; PUBLISHING;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 77952727664     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531011046907     Document Type: Article

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