Why not just Google it? An assessment of information literacy skills in a biomedical science curriculum

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kingsley, Karl ^a   Galbraith, Gillian M ^a   Herring, Matthew ^a   Stowers, Eva ^a   Stewart, Tanis ^a,b   Kingsley, Karla V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SEARCH ENGINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; MALE; NEVADA; SEARCH ENGINE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955024814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-17     Document Type: Article

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