Still a mixed bag: A study of first-year composition students' internet citations at the University of Mississippi

Reference Services Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-137

  Watson, Alex P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Instructional strategy; Internet; Research; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856795488     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321211203685     Document Type: Review

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