Best practices for online video tutorials in academic libraries: A study of student preferences and understanding

Communications in Information Literacy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-28

  Bowles Terry, Melissa ^a   Hensley, Merinda Kaye ^b   Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 78149249950     PISSN: 19335954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15760/comminfolit.2010.4.1.86     Document Type: Article

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