What five minutes in the classroom can do to uncover the basic information literacy skills of your college students: A multiyear assessment study

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 34-57

  Hsieh, Ma Lei ^a   Dawson, Patricia H ^a   Carlin, Michael T ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886311006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1715720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18438/b8dw4z     Document Type: Article

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