Information fluency: critically examining IT education

New Library World

Volumn 103, Issue , 2002, Pages 427-435

  Reffell, Pete ^a   Whitworth, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computers; Evaluation; Higher education; Information technology; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986105125     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800210452950     Document Type: Article

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