Information literacy of students as a correlate of their use of electronic resources in university libraries in Nigeria

Electronic Library

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 486-501

  Ukachi, Ngozi Blessing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Electronic libraries; Electronic resources; Information literacy; Internet; Undergraduate students; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930320921     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EL-05-2013-0085     Document Type: Article

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