Awareness and incidence of plagiarism among undergraduates in a Nigerian Private University

African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Babalola, Yemisi T ^a  

^a BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Babcock university; Nigeria; Plagiarism; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872382004     PISSN: 07954778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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