A decade of critical information literacy: A review of the literature

Communications in Information Literacy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-43

  Tewell, Eamon ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84933515328     PISSN: 19335954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15760/comminfolit.2015.9.1.174     Document Type: Article

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