Debating credibility: The shaping of information literacies in upper secondary school

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 675-694

  Francke, Helena ^a   Sundin, Olof ^a,b   Limberg, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Credibility; Information literacy; Participatory media; Secondary schools; Socio cultural perspective; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960643564     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411111145043     Document Type: Review

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