What distance learners should know about information retrieval on the World Wide Web

Distance Learning: Information Access and Services for Virtual Users

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 19-30

  Garnsey, Margaret R ^a  

^a SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Evaluation methods; Search engines; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905631831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203049631     Document Type: Chapter

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