Using rubrics for assessing information literacy in the finance classroom: A collaboration

Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 95-113

  Mezick, Elizabeth M ^a   Hiris, Lorene ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; collaboration; finance; information literacy; rubrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974662345     PISSN: 08963568     EISSN: 15470644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2016.1169970     Document Type: Article

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