Developing Information Literacy Skills Early in an Undergraduate Curriculum

College Teaching

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Freeman, Edward ^a   Lynd Balta, Eileen ^a  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

biology; information literacy; library; plagiarism; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862581750     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567550903521272     Document Type: Article

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