Information behaviour and information literacy: The ultimate in transdisciplinary phenomena?

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 166-175

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a   Hay Gibson, Naomi V ^b  

^a Monkseaton High School   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

education; information; information behaviour; information literacy; transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052311315     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000611410767     Document Type: Article

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