Assessing Information Literacy Skills Development in First Year Students: A Multi-Year Study

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-119

  Fain, Margaret ^a  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

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EID: 79952617750     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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