Assessing Business Students' Research Skills for the Capstone Project in the Strategic Management Course

Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-32

  Whitesell, Melissa ^a   Helms, Marilyn M ^a  

^a DALTON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

business strategy; capstone project; library instruction; student research skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871344742     PISSN: 08963568     EISSN: 15470644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2013.736307     Document Type: Article

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