Talking about information literacy: The mediating role of discourse in a college writing classroom

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Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-271

  Holliday, Wendy ^a   Rogers, Jim ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880347393     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: 15307131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2013.0025     Document Type: Article

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