Are they learning? Are we? Learning outcomes and the academic library

Library Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-82

  Oakleaf, Megan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84960100257     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657444     Document Type: Article

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