Competence, confidence, and connections: Aiding the transition to college

College and Undergraduate Libraries

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-97

  Regalado, Mariana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College freshmen; College students; Confidence; First year students; Information literacy competence; Librarians; Library instruction; Outcomes; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003806723     PISSN: 10691316     EISSN: 15452530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J106v10n02_08     Document Type: Article

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