Incorporating information literacy into the accounting curriculum

Accounting Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-97

  Jackson, Shaun ^a   Durkee, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Accounting students; Information literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955585716     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280601026063     Document Type: Article

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