The impact of library instruction on the quality of student project performance in an advanced financial management case class

Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-76

  Sherman, Michael ^a   Martin, Julia A ^a   An, Xiaoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Business information quality; Case studies and analysis; Finance case courses; Information literacy; Information performance analysis; Library instruction; Student information performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868149884     PISSN: 08963568     EISSN: 15470644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2012.630646     Document Type: Article

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