Librarians' Views on Critical Theories and Critical Practices

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-119

  Schroeder, Robert ^a   Hollister, Christopher V ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

critical practice; critical theorists; critical theory; professional practice; social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901394904     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2014.912104     Document Type: Article

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