Threshold concepts and information literacy

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Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 853-869

  Townsend, Lori ^a   Brunetti, Korey ^b   Hofer, Amy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051608612     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: 15307131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2011.0030     Document Type: Article

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