The road not yet taken: How law student information literacy standards address identified issues in Legal Research Education and Training

Law Library Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-630

  Kim Prieto, Dennis ^a  

^a Rutgers Law Library   (United States)

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EID: 84055217508     PISSN: 00239283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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