Trouble some concepts and information literacy: Investigating threshold concepts for IL instruction

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Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-405

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

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867482583     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: 15307131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2012.0039     Document Type: Article

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