International students using online information resources to learn: Complex experience and learning needs

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-146

  Hughes, Hilary ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; information literacy; information use; international education; international students; learning; online information resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873134938     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2011.644778     Document Type: Article

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