Institutions collaborating on an information literacy assessment tool

Library Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 538-546

  Sharun, Sara ^a   Thomson, Michelle Edwards ^b   Goebel, Nancy ^c   Knoch, Jessica ^d  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RED DEER COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; ILAAP; Information literacy; Instruction; One shot sessions; Post tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913595879     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LM-03-2014-0035     Document Type: Article

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