Developing an Information Skills Curriculum for the Sciences

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Volumn 2003, Issue 37, 2003, Pages

  Smith, Eleanor M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85180885396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10921206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/istl1936     Document Type: Article

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