Playing video games: Learning and information literacy

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 241-255

  Gumulak, Sabina ^a   Webber, Sheila ^b  

^a Doncaster Libraries ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Learning; Literacy; United Kingdom; Video games

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION LITERACY; LEARNING; LITERACY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEO GAMES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 79955940849     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531111135682     Document Type: Article

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