The role of school librarians in enhancing science learning

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-16

  Subramaniam, Mega ^a   Ahn, June ^a   Waugh, Amanda ^a   Taylor, Natalie Greene ^a   Druin, Allison ^a   Fleischmann, Kenneth R ^b   Walsh, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

School libraries; science education; science in everyday life; science learning; socio cultural learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924768748     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000613493920     Document Type: Article

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