Assessing Information Literacy among Undergraduates: A Discussion of the Literature and the University of California-Berkeley Assessment Experience.

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Main Author:	Maughan, Patricia Davitt
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2001
Subjects:	Competence Higher Education Information Literacy Information Retrieval Information Seeking Information Skills Libraries Library Skills Student Attitudes Student Evaluation Student Research Undergraduate Students
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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