If Google makes you stupid, what should librarians do about it?

Library Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-278

  Joint, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Education; Libraries; Literacy; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955934716     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242531111127839     Document Type: Article

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