Evaluating the Future: A Preliminary Study of the Process of How Undergraduate Students Evaluate Web Sources

Reference Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Scholz Crane, A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Librarians; Students; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992975011     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907329810307759     Document Type: Article

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