Keeping up with the Google generation: The challenge for Information Literacy teachers

Information Literacy: Recognising the Need

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 30-36

  Godwin, Peter ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIBRARIES; SEARCH ENGINES;

FEDERATED SEARCHING; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEARCHING; INSTANT GRATIFICATION; META SEARCH ENGINES; SEARCHING METHODS; SUBJECT DATABASE;

TEACHING;

EID: 84904027771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84334-243-4.50006-8     Document Type: Chapter

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